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South Mountain School

Serves grades PK - 4

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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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
2 Southern Slope Drive
Millburn, NJ 07041
Phone
(973) 921-1394
District
MILLBURN TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ESSEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
288
Classroom Teachers
28

* South Mountain School is one of the top 100 best public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 98.6% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

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

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
86%
43%
84%
42%
88%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
82%
43%
82%
48%
81%
38%
    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
10
12
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 38 13.2%
Kindergarten 41 14.2%
Grade 1 51 17.7%
Grade 2 47 16.3%
Grade 3 44 15.3%
Grade 4 57 19.8%
Total 288 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 30.3% 45.6% 41.1%
Black 5.4% 2.7% 15.3%
Hispanic 6.5% 5.2% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 57.5% 46.3% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 1.0% 1.0% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 1.0% 0.8% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.2% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 21,637 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,192.8 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 27.5% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.5% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.9% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 13.4% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,132 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 5.8% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.5% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 85.2% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 70.7% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 9.5% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 5.1% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 5.2% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.3% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.3% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 1.9% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,275 $63,215,550 56.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,896 $13,790,752 12.3%
Staff $678 $3,228,636 2.9%
General Administration $269 $1,280,978 1.1%
School Administration $1,053 $5,014,386 4.5%
Operation $2,121 $10,100,202 9.0%
Transportation $231 $1,100,022 1.0%
Other $550 $2,619,100 2.3%
Total Support $7,799 $37,138,838 33.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,430 $11,571,660 10.3%
Total Expenditures $23,504 $111,926,048 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,252 $16,876,633,536 49.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,485 $3,422,916,968 10.0%
Staff $778 $1,071,908,147 3.1%
General Administration $448 $617,313,228 1.8%
School Administration $1,106 $1,523,858,437 4.4%
Operation $2,059 $2,835,591,380 8.3%
Transportation $773 $1,065,361,101 3.1%
Other $557 $766,792,454 2.2%
Total Support $8,206 $11,303,690,627 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,415 $6,081,668,713 17.8%
Total Expenditures $24,874 $34,262,079,216 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%