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Enrollment
546
High
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNTAIN LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341101004416
Mountain Lakes High School
96 Powerville Rd., Mountain Lakes, NJ 07046 · (973) 334-8400 · Morris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of New Jersey public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
11 students
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 129 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 131 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 134 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 152 | 28% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Based on grade levels within Mountain Lakes Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
81.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -10.3pp since 2023
Math
64.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.2% | 64.8% |
| 2023-24 | 91.5% | 57.5% |
% 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
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Mountain Lakes High School
Mountain Lakes High School's state test result (66.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Lakes High School this school | 546 | 2.0% | 66.9% |
| Whippany Park High School WHIPPANY | 584 | 4.5% | 59.0% |
| New Providence High School NEW PROVIDENCE | 644 | 3.1% | 66.3% |
| Kinnelon High School KINNELON | 507 | 6.7% | 58.1% |
| Hanover Park High School EAST HANOVER | 706 | 2.5% | 57.5% |
| Pascack Hills High School Montvale | 768 | 2.0% | 68.9% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 Mountain Lakes High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #46 of 397 | #3 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #45 of 400 ▲ 28 | #5 of 25 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #38 of 395 ▼ 7 | #4 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #311 of 442 | #21 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #32 of 388 | #4 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #262 of 389 | #14 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.0% | #387 of 405 | #21 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #25 of 200 | #4 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high 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
546
-95 (-15%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 546 | 56 | 9.8:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 58 | 9.5:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 60 | 9.5:1 | 1% (8) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 62 | 10.3:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2017-18 | 680 | 61.9 | 11.0:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 61 | 11.6:1 | 2% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 57 | 12.1:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2000-01 | 637 | 48 | 13.3:1 | 0% (2) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 27 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain Lakes High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (680 to 546); teachers down 10% (61.9 to 56).
About Mountain Lakes High School
Federal records list Mountain Lakes High School as a high school in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. It serves 546 students in grades 9 through 12. For comparison, high schools in New Jersey average about 929 students.
The 4 schools in Mountain Lakes Public School District enroll 1,296 students altogether, Mountain Lakes High School among them.
Roughly 71% of students at Mountain Lakes High School are White. Other groups make up 14% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. The county population is about 68% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Mountain Lakes High School counts 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 9.8 students for each one. This ratio sits 3.0 below the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. About 2% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The average for public schools in Morris County is 19%.
allk12 grades Mountain Lakes High School an A. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Mountain Lakes High School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.9% is 1.8 points above the 65.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Morris County, the median household income is $137,326, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. There are 156 public schools in Morris County, enrolling about 72,239 students in all.
The closest public school to Mountain Lakes High School is Wildwood Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Mountain Lakes High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 64.0%, lower than Mountain Lakes High School's 66.9%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 15% enrollment decrease, from 641 in 2020-21 to 546 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Mountain Lakes High School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Mountain Lakes Public School District
- Wildwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Briarcliff Middle SchoolMiddle · 263 students
- Lake Drive Program for Hearing ImpairedElementary · 64 students
Other schools in Mountain Lakes
- Wildwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Briarcliff Middle SchoolMiddle · 263 students
- Lake Drive Program for Hearing ImpairedElementary · 64 students
- Academy for BiotechnologyCombined
Other Mountain Lakes High schools
One other US public school is named Mountain Lakes High. Mountain Lakes High School is the largest of the 2.
- Mountain Lakes HighShasta Lake, CA · 68 students
Nearby schools
- Wildwood Elementary School0.3 mi · 423
- Briarcliff Middle School0.4 mi · 263
- Lake Drive Program for Hearing Impaired0.7 mi · 64
- Intervale Elementary School0.9 mi · 287
- School Street School1.1 mi · 325
- Boonton High School1.3 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain Lakes High SchoolHow large is Mountain Lakes High School?
Mountain Lakes High School enrolls approximately 546 students in grades 09-12.
Is Mountain Lakes High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mountain Lakes High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Mountain Lakes High School have?
Mountain Lakes High School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
How diverse is Mountain Lakes High School?
Mountain Lakes High School reports a student body of 71% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 14% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Mountain Lakes High School in?
Mountain Lakes High School is part of Mountain Lakes Public School District.
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