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What's one thing Mount Pleasant Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVINGSTON BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340882002140
Mount Pleasant Elementary School
11 BROADLAWN DR, LIVINGSTON, NJ 07039 · (973) 535-8000 · Essex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
3 students
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 20% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 Pleasant Elementary School→Mount Pleasant Middle School→Heritage Middle School→Livingston High School
Based on grade levels within Livingston Board of Education School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
83.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
87.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.9% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.3% | 83.1% |
% 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
80.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 →
Where Mount Pleasant Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #31 of 1,290 | #6 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #22 of 1,319 | #5 of 141 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.9% | #53 of 1,319 | #8 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #679 of 1,562 | #85 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,190 of 1,390 | #85 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #509 of 1,392 | #37 of 141 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #588 of 798 | #53 of 73 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
407
-24 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 16.4:1
% White
42%
was 62%
% Hispanic
6%
was 2%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
48%
was 32%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 407 | 29.8 | 13.7:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 32.8 | 13.3:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 31.6 | 14.0:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 26.2 | 16.4:1 | 1% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Pleasant Elementary School.
About Mount Pleasant Elementary School
Mount Pleasant Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in LIVINGSTON, New Jersey. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 407 students.
Across its 9 schools, Livingston Board of Education School District enrolls 6,352 students. Mount Pleasant Elementary School is one of those schools.
Asian students account for 48% of enrollment at Mount Pleasant Elementary School, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 42% White, 6% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 6% of Essex County residents are Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. The school has 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 11.4:1. Federal data show 1% of students (3) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Essex County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Mount Pleasant Elementary School is 14.5 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 80.3% actual, 65.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
The school is in Essex County, where the median household earns about $80,789 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Essex County, 249 public schools serve about 145,473 students.
Mount Pleasant Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Mount Pleasant Middle School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Mount Pleasant Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Mount Pleasant Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 7 years, enrollment fell by 24 students, from 431 to 407. The share of White students fell 20 points, from 62% to 42%. Students per teacher dropped from 16.4 in 2017-18 to 13.7 in 2024-25.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livingston Board of Education School District
- Livingston High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 994 students
- Mount Pleasant Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Riker Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
Other schools in LIVINGSTON
- Livingston High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 994 students
- Mount Pleasant Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Riker Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Pleasant Middle School0.1 mi · 530
- Harrison Elementary School0.7 mi · 522
- Liberty Middle School1.0 mi · 559
- Hillside Elementary School1.2 mi · 476
- Livingston High School1.2 mi · 2,081
- Collins Elementary School1.3 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mount Pleasant Elementary School?
Mount Pleasant Elementary School enrolls approximately 407 students in grades KG-05.
Is Mount Pleasant Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mount Pleasant Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Mount Pleasant Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Mount Pleasant Elementary School.
How diverse is Mount Pleasant Elementary School?
Mount Pleasant Elementary School reports a student body of 42% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 48% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Mount Pleasant Elementary School in?
Mount Pleasant Elementary School is part of Livingston Board of Education School District.
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