School district · New Jersey

Mountainside School District

Mountainside School District in New Jersey: 2 public schools with 748 students and 11.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $25,374 per student in FY2024.

Schools
2
Students
748
Students per teacher
11.5
NJ 11.5 · US 15.1
Spending per student
$25,374
NJ $28K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE)
65.1
Counselors (FTE)
2.0
Students per counselor
374
NJ 274 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE)
1.0
Librarians (FTE): 2.0

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024
$15.0K15
$15.8K16
$16.4K17
$17.7K18
$52.2K19
$19.1K20
$21.5K21
$23.3K22
$24.8K23
$25.4K24
Where the money comes from (FY2024)
Federal
3.1% · $794K
State
20% · $5.3M
Local
77% · $19.9M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction
$15,728
Support services
$9,197
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
$122K
Long-term debt
$13.7M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 1Middle schools: 1
SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Pre-K–226513.3
3–848310.7

Sources

Address
1497 Woodacres Drive, Mountainside, NJ 07092
Phone
(908)232-8828
Website