The five numbers that matter
A quick overview of what the RockawaySchools.com research project has surfaced, as part of its transparency mission — sourced from the same data as every other page on this site. Want the detail behind any of these? Click through.
What you pay
per $100 of home value, 2026 — your Rockaway Township school taxes plus your share of Morris Hills Regional (9-12). Nobody publishes this combined number but us.
How often the board agrees
of 4,344 recorded votes across 357 meetings were unanimous. Only 6.5% of votes even record who voted which way.
Committee reports on video
substitution rate in 2026 — committee-report content that used to be read into the record (2,188 words in 2015) has largely moved off-camera (0 words in 2026).
Spending vs. similar districts
per pupil more than the peer median on support services, FY2024 (+37%). That's the single biggest gap of any spending category.
Findings, checked against the record
of 82 findings are CONFIRMED against primary documents. 14 claims we checked did NOT hold up and are marked refuted, not repeated.