Elementary · New Jersey
South Mountain Elementary School
South Mountain Elementary School, a public elementary school in S Orange, New Jersey: grades k–5, 613 students, 11.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of South Orange-Maplewood School District.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 613
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.4
- Students per teacher
- 11.5
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 54% of elementary schools in New Jersey
Median 11.2 · 1,493 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 83% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 86% of elementary schools in New Jersey
Median 386 · 1,494 schools compared
Larger than 82% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with South Orange-Maplewood School District.
Location
- Address
- 444 West South Orange Ave, S Orange, NJ 07079
- Phone
- (973)378-5216
- County
- Essex County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| K–5 | 518 | 12.7 | |
| K–5 | 542 | 9.9 | |
| K–4 | 504 | 12.9 | |
| K–5 | 484 | 11.9 | |
| K–5 | 531 | 11.5 | |
Heywood Avenue Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–7 | 363 | 11.7 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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