Cedar Mountain Primary School

In VERNON, New Jersey, Cedar Mountain Primary School is a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 406 students in kindergarten through 1 for the 2024-25 school year.

Cedar Mountain Primary School falls under Vernon Township School District, which has 6 schools enrolling 2,872 students.

A majority of students at Cedar Mountain Primary School, 74%, are White. Other reported shares: 19% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Cedar Mountain Primary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 41%.

Its teaching staff equals 33 full-time positions, a ratio of 12.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 23%. That is close to the 23% average for public schools in Sussex County.

Within Sussex County, median household income is about $116,186, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Sussex County number 46 and enroll about 19,579.

The shortest distance from Cedar Mountain Primary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Glen Meadow Middle School. The five-mile area around Cedar Mountain Primary School holds 5 other public schools.

The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).

Enrollment has been fairly stable: 413 in 2017-18 and 406 in 2024-25. In 2017-18, 90% of students were White; in 2024-25, 74% were.

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