H W Mountz Elementary School

Located at 411 Tuttle Ave, in Spring Lake, New Jersey, H W Mountz Elementary School is an one-room-style primary school that serves 130 students (grades pre-K through 8), overseen by Spring Lake Borough. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so H W Mountz Elementary School sits 68% below that benchmark.

H W Mountz Elementary School sits inside Spring Lake Borough, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, H W Mountz Elementary School records that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 2% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Monmouth County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, H W Mountz Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting H W Mountz Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 4% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Monmouth County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, H W Mountz Elementary School sits in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 64.1%; actual is 86.1%, +22.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, Monmouth County reports that median household income runs about $124,845, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Monmouth County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), H W Mountz Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Spring Lake Heights Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), H W Mountz Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 54.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 34%: 196 students in 2018 compared to 130 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 7.5:1 in 2018 to 5.6:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the H W Mountz Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.