Mountview Road School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 17% |
School pathway
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.8% | 73.6% |
| 2023-24 | 75.6% | 63.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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%.
Where Mountview Road School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #208 of 1,290 | #26 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #185 of 1,319 | #21 of 77 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #291 of 1,319 | #34 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #1,201 of 1,562 | #75 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #523 of 1,390 | #47 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #605 of 1,392 | #33 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #227 of 798 | #11 of 44 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 276 | 25.9 | 10.6:1 | 10% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 263 | 25.4 | 10.3:1 | 6% (15) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 23.6 | 10.5:1 | 7% (18) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 27.8 | 12.0:1 | 2% (8) |
About Mountview Road School
Mountview Road School is a low-enrollment elementary school with an address in MORRIS PLAINS, New Jersey. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 276 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 32% smaller than that.
Mountview Road School is run by Hanover Township School District, whose 4 schools enroll 1,234 students.
Mountview Road School's enrollment is 62% White. The next largest groups are 18% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. Mountview Road School has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Mountview Road School employs 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, higher than at this school. Mountview Road School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 10%. That is 9 points below the 19% average for public schools in Morris County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Mountview Road School lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 66.3%; the prediction is 60.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Morris County show that 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. Mountview Road School is one of 156 public schools in Morris County, which together enroll about 72,239 students.
Nearby, Morris Plains Borough School is about 1.3 miles away. Mountview Road School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Mountview Road School ranks 3rd of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 66.3% against a local average of 67.2%.
For locale, NCES codes Mountview Road School as Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 333 in 2017-18 and 276 in 2024-25, a 17% decrease. The share of Hispanic students increased 9 points, from 9% to 18%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.0:1 in 2017-18 to 10.6:1 in 2024-25.
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