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Mountain Way School

Serves grades PK - 2

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
205 Mountain Way
Morris Plains, NJ 07950
Phone
(973) 538-0339
District
Morris Plains School District
County
MORRIS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
209
Classroom Teachers
25

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Mountain Way School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
No Data
44%
No Data
50%
No Data
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
9
9
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 12 5.7%
Kindergarten 62 29.7%
Grade 1 69 33.0%
Grade 2 66 31.6%
Total 209 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 71.9% 67.9% 40.1%
Black 3.0% 4.3% 15.1%
Hispanic 19.2% 18.4% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.4% 9.4% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 12.4% 11.7% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 10.0% 9.0% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.4% 2.7% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 6,214 9,290,841
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,433.2 1,259
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.2% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.3% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.3% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.8% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 16.4% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,524 3,478,355
Single Parent Households With Children 4.1% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.0% 90.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 68.8% 42.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 49.2% 32.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.9% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.5% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 6.4% 12.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.0% 10.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.0% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 1.9% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $15,709 $9,441,000 43.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,845 $1,710,000 7.9%
Staff $1,196 $719,000 3.3%
General Administration $887 $533,000 2.5%
School Administration $1,033 $621,000 2.9%
Operation $2,386 $1,434,000 6.6%
Transportation $110 $66,000 0.3%
Other $933 $561,000 2.6%
Total Support $9,391 $5,644,000 26.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $11,085 $6,662,000 30.6%
Total Expenditures $36,185 $21,747,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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