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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Mount Olive Middle School this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,137
Middle
DISTRICT 796 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT OLIVE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341098000459
Mount Olive Middle School
160 WOLFE ROAD, BUDD LAKE, NJ 07828 · (973) 691-4006 · Morris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,137 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
114 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
272 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 370 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 384 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 383 | 34% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mount Olive Middle School→Mount Olive High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mount Olive Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
61.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
47.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 47.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.5% | 46.2% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mount Olive Middle School
Mount Olive Middle School's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olive Middle School this school | 1,137 | 23.9% | 46.4% |
| Jonas Salk Middle School OLD BRIDGE | 886 | 25.1% | 50.8% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School FAIR LAWN | 1,100 | 16.6% | 68.4% |
| Carl Sandburg Middle School OLD BRIDGE | 926 | 30.7% | 48.9% |
| Hartford Upper Elementary School MOUNT LAUREL | 926 | 21.3% | 48.4% |
| Randolph Middle School RANDOLPH | 959 | 14.7% | 53.7% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mount Olive Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #206 of 433 | #26 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #187 of 437 ▼ 13 | #23 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #215 of 437 ▼ 18 | #26 of 32 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,137 | #18 of 445 | #1 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #125 of 417 | #17 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #107 of 419 | #4 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.9% | #263 of 436 | #11 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #69 of 122 | #2 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,137
+23 (+2%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 1,143
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,137 | 113.6 | 10.0:1 | 24% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 1,124 | 109.3 | 10.3:1 | 19% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 1,109 | 103.3 | 10.7:1 | 16% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 1,114 | 97 | 11.5:1 | 6% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 1,063 | 94.3 | 11.3:1 | 14% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 880 | 93 | 9.5:1 | 16% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 1,143 | 72 | 15.9:1 | 15% (172) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Olive Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (1,063 to 1,137); teachers up 20% (94.3 to 113.6).
About Mount Olive Middle School
Mount Olive Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in BUDD LAKE, New Jersey, one of the schools in Mount Olive Township School District. The school's enrollment of 1,137 students covers grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students each.
District-wide, Mount Olive Township School District has 6 schools and 4,776 students.
A majority of students at Mount Olive Middle School, 53%, are White. The remaining shares are 21% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. Morris County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Mount Olive Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
Federal data list 113.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mount Olive Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.0:1. Among middle schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 10.9:1. The lunch program counts 24% of students at Mount Olive Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Mount Olive Middle School is C+. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 39% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Mount Olive Middle School would be expected to post about 53.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.4%.
Census estimates describe Morris County this way: median household income is about $137,326, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 156 public schools in Morris County, with a combined enrollment of about 72,239.
The closest public school to Mount Olive Middle School is Tinc Rd. Elementary School, about 1.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 55.1%, higher than Mount Olive Middle School's 46.4%.
The federal government classifies Mount Olive Middle School's location as Rural: Fringe.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (1,114) to 2024-25 (1,137). The school's ratio fell from 11.5:1 to 10.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Olive Township School District
- Mount Olive High SchoolHigh · 1,520 students
- Chester M. Stephens Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
- Tinc Rd. Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Sandshore Rd. Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
Other schools in BUDD LAKE
- Chester M. Stephens Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- Sandshore Rd. Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
Other Mount Olive Middle schools
One other US public school is named Mount Olive Middle. Mount Olive Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Mount Olive MiddleMount Olive, NC · 329 students
Nearby schools
- Tinc Rd. Elementary School1.3 mi · 449
- Chester M. Stephens Elementary School1.4 mi · 696
- Benedict A. Cucinella School1.7 mi · 529
- Sandshore Rd. Elementary School1.7 mi · 409
- Mount Olive High School2.0 mi · 1,520
- West Morris Central High School2.8 mi · 1,015
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Olive Middle SchoolHow large is Mount Olive Middle School?
Mount Olive Middle School enrolls approximately 1,137 students in grades 06-08.
Is Mount Olive Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mount Olive Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mount Olive Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mount Olive Middle School is approximately 10.0:1 (114 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mount Olive Middle School?
Student demographics at Mount Olive Middle School are roughly 53% White, 21% Hispanic, 7% Black, 14% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Mount Olive Middle School?
Mount Olive Middle School is overseen by Mount Olive Township School District in Morris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.