Gould/Mountain Elementary School

Gould/Mountain Elementary School is a junior high of compact scale in N CALDWELL, New Jersey, operated by North Caldwell School District, serveing 279 students in grades 4 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 52% below the state mean of about 578.

North Caldwell School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 699 students; Gould/Mountain Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Gould/Mountain Elementary School records that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 30% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Gould/Mountain Elementary School logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Gould/Mountain Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Essex County) logs that median household earnings sit near $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Gould/Mountain Elementary School is one.

Washington Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gould/Mountain Elementary School.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gould/Mountain Elementary School has ticked down 3%, going from 287 students in 2018 to 279 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 91% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 6.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.