Cedar Mountain Primary School

Cedar Mountain Primary School is a mid-sized elementary school in VERNON, New Jersey, one of the schools within Vernon Township School District. The school instructs 406 students in grades K through 1.

Within Vernon Township School District, which oversees 6 schools and 2,872 students, Cedar Mountain Primary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Cedar Mountain Primary School lists that 74% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 19% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at Cedar Mountain Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Sussex County indicate median household income runs about $116,186, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cedar Mountain Primary School is one of 46 public schools in Sussex County (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students).

Glen Meadow Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 413 students in 2018 compared to 406 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 90% to 74%.

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