NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Mountain Lakes, NJ

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5 public K-12 schools in Mountain Lakes from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools
1,309
Students
62.8/100
Avg Resource Index
8.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Mountain Lakes has more public-school enrollment than 4% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Mountain Lakes High School enrolls 41.7% of Mountain Lakes's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

2 of the 5 listed Mountain Lakes schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Mountain Lakes lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 13 to 546 students, a 42-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

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Mountain Lakes High School accounts for 41.7% of all Mountain Lakes public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Mountain Lakes-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Mountain Lakes school enrollment varies 42× across entities

Mountain Lakes school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 546 students (highest), a spread of 533 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Mountain Lakes student-teacher ratio is 8.4:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Academy for Biotechnology 76
2. Lake Drive Program for Hearing Impared 69
3. Briarcliff Middle School 65
4. Wildwood Elementary School 57
5. Mountain Lakes High School 47

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Mountain Lakes

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Lake Drive Program for Hearing Impared 60.4/100
  2. 2 Wildwood Elementary School 53.8/100
  3. 3 Briarcliff Middle School 47.0/100
  4. 4 Mountain Lakes High School 46.3/100

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Which Mountain Lakes school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Academy for Biotechnology has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Mountain Lakes schools in this federal-data comparison at 76/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Mountain Lakes, NJ? ▼

Mountain Lakes has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,309 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 8.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.