Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341248000241
Mount Tabor Elementary School
900 PARK RD & ROUTE 53, MOUNT TABOR, NJ 07878 · (973) 889-3361 · Morris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
59 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
77.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
72.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.5% | 72.5% |
| 2023-24 | 75.8% | 78.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Tabor Elementary School
Mount Tabor Elementary School's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tabor Elementary School this school | 340 | 17.4% | 72.8% |
| George Washington School Edgewater | 333 | 12.9% | N/A |
| Eleanor Van Gelder EDGEWATER | 384 | 20.3% | 57.8% |
| Triangle Elementary School Hillsborough | 362 | 17.7% | 73.3% |
| Intervale Elementary School Boonton | 287 | 18.8% | 64.8% |
| School No. 4 FORT LEE | 377 | 19.9% | 61.0% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary 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 Tabor Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #120 of 1,290 | #14 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #204 of 1,319 ▼ 125 | #24 of 77 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #130 of 1,319 ▲ 13 | #14 of 77 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #944 of 1,562 | #46 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #1,034 of 1,390 | #84 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #248 of 1,392 | #9 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.4% | #1,087 of 1,481 | #37 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #129 of 798 | #5 of 44 |
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. 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
340
-48 (-12%) vs 2020
+53% since 2000-01, when it was 222
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 340 | 26.8 | 12.7:1 | 17% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 26.4 | 13.2:1 | 11% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 27.6 | 13.5:1 | 9% (33) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 27 | 14.4:1 | 8% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 34.1 | 12.9:1 | 10% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 32 | 12.6:1 | 7% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 21 | 20.2:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2000-01 | 222 | 11 | 20.2:1 | 12% (26) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Tabor Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (440 to 340); teachers down 21% (34.1 to 26.8).
About Mount Tabor Elementary School
In MOUNT TABOR, New Jersey, Mount Tabor Elementary School is a small elementary school. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 340 students.
Mount Tabor Elementary School is part of a district of 14 schools: Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District, with 7,027 students.
Mount Tabor Elementary School has no majority group; Asian students are the largest, at 45%. Beyond that, enrollment is 31% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. In Morris County overall, about 11% of residents are Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mount Tabor Elementary School and a ratio of 12.7:1. This ratio sits 1.3 above the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 17% of students. For comparison, public schools in Morris County average 19%.
The allk12 Grade for Mount Tabor Elementary School is A. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 92% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations places Mount Tabor Elementary School in the top 10% of New Jersey schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 16.1 points above it (72.8% actual, 56.7% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Morris County show that the median household income is $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mount Tabor Elementary School is one of 156 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Morris County School of Technology, is about 0.8 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 67.2%; Mount Tabor Elementary School's is 72.8%, ranking 3rd of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Mount Tabor Elementary School dropped 12% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 388 to 340 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.4:1 to 12.7:1.
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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 Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District
- Parsippany Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,035 students
- Brooklawn Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- Parsippany High SchoolHigh · 900 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Lake Hiawatha Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Knollwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
Other Mount Tabor Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Mount Tabor Elementary. Mount Tabor Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Mount Tabor Elementary SchoolNew Albany, IN · 655 students
Nearby schools
- Morris County School of Technology0.8 mi · 885
- Littleton Elementary School0.9 mi · 392
- Parsippany Hills High School1.0 mi · 1,035
- Brooklawn Middle School1.4 mi · 925
- Lakeview Elementary School1.6 mi · 699
- Lake Parsippany Elementary School1.8 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Tabor Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mount Tabor Elementary School?
Mount Tabor Elementary School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mount Tabor Elementary School serve?
Mount Tabor Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Mount Tabor Elementary School have?
Mount Tabor Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mount Tabor Elementary School?
At Mount Tabor Elementary School, the student body is approximately 31% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 45% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Mount Tabor Elementary School public or private?
Mount Tabor Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District.
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