Chester M. Stephens Elementary School

Set in BUDD LAKE, New Jersey, Chester M. Stephens Elementary School is an expansive elementary campus, one of the schools within Mount Olive Township School District. It hosts 696 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 72% larger than typical.

Mount Olive Township School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,776 students. Chester M. Stephens Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Chester M. Stephens Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% Asian, 23% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Chester M. Stephens Elementary School logs 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Morris County's rate of about 19%.

With demographic context factored in, Chester M. Stephens Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Morris County) records that median household income runs about $137,326, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Morris County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), Chester M. Stephens Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Mount Olive High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chester M. Stephens Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Chester M. Stephens Elementary School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 705 (now 696). White enrollment moved from 54% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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