Academy for Performing Arts
Rockaway · NJ · Morris County Vocational School District · Public
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- 📚 26 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: 66th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 28% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Academy for Performing Arts compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 66th percentile nationally with 26 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Morris Knolls High School, Morris Hills High School, Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
66th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 28% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -2.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 144 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Knolls High School ROCKAWAY |
Public | 0.0 | 1,450 | +11.5% |
| Morris Hills High School ROCKAWAY |
Public | 1.1 | 1,140 | -3.7% |
| Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering ROCKAWAY |
Public | 1.1 | 181 | +0.6% |
| Morris County School of Technology DENVILLE |
Public | 1.6 | 885 | +9.8% |
| Morris Catholic High School Denville |
Private | 1.7 | 394 | -6.6% |
| Dover High School DOVER |
Public | 2.8 | 1,167 | +9.3% |
| Parsippany Hills High School Morris Plains |
Public | 3.2 | 1,035 | +1.4% |
| Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital GREYSTONE PARK |
Public | 3.2 | 3 | — |