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Mountview Road School is a high-performing elementary school located in Morris Plains, New Jersey, serving 248 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. As part of the Hanover Township School District, which is ranked 127 out of 613 districts in the state, Mountview Road School has consistently been ranked among the top elementary schools in New Jersey, with a current ranking of 259 out of 1,338 for the 2023-2024 school year.
Mountview Road School's academic performance is particularly impressive, with students consistently outperforming state and district averages in standardized tests. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school had 63.7% of 3rd graders, 85.4% of 4th graders, and 75.5% of 5th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 43.6%, 50.8%, and 52.3%, respectively. In mathematics, the school had 61.8% of 3rd graders, 76.1% of 4th graders, and 53% of 5th graders proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 47.6%, 45%, and 40.1%. The school's performance is particularly strong among its student subgroups, with high rankings in areas such as gender and race.
In addition to its academic excellence, Mountview Road School also stands out for its low chronic absenteeism rate of 7.8% in the 2022-2023 school year, compared to the state average of 16.6%. Furthermore, the school's spending per student is lower than the state average, at $8,505 per student for the 2018-2019 school year, compared to $12,321 for the Bee Meadow School and $13,131 for the Alexander Hamilton School. This efficient resource allocation, coupled with the school's consistently high performance, suggests that Mountview Road School is a model of educational excellence that could provide valuable insights for other schools in the region.
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