Mount Pleasant Middle School

Mount Pleasant Middle School is one of the reasonably sized middle-grades schools in LIVINGSTON, New Jersey, overseen by Livingston Board of Education School District, with 530 students on its rolls from grade 6.

Across the 9 schools in Livingston Board of Education School District (6,352 students total), Mount Pleasant Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mount Pleasant Middle School lists that the largest single group is Asian at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 39% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 4% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mount Pleasant Middle School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 64.0%; this one delivers 81.5%, a residual of +17.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate median household income runs about $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Mount Pleasant Middle School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

The closest other public school is Mount Pleasant Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mount Pleasant Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 71.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Mount Pleasant Middle School's enrollment has increased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 478 (now 530). The White share of enrollment declined from 58% to 39% over that span.

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