Mohawk Avenue School

Mohawk Avenue School operates as a modestly sized K-5 school in Sparta, New Jersey, run under Sparta Township Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 236 students spanning grade 3. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Mohawk Avenue School sits 42% smaller than that benchmark.

Sparta Township Public School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,281 students. Mohawk Avenue School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Mohawk Avenue School reports that White students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 10% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sussex County runs at roughly 23%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Mohawk Avenue School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.8%; this one delivers 55.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Sussex County) logs that median household income runs about $116,186, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Mohawk Avenue School is one of 46 public schools in Sussex County (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students).

Helen Morgan School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mohawk Avenue School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 54.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mohawk Avenue School has climbed 20%, going from 196 students in 2018 to 236 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 91% to 77% over that span.

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