Mount Pleasant Elementary School

Summary:

Mount Pleasant Elementary School is a highly-rated public elementary school in Livingston, New Jersey, serving 443 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. It is part of the Livingston Board of Education School District, which is ranked 33 out of 615 school districts in the state and has a 5-star rating.

Mount Pleasant Elementary consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in New Jersey, with a statewide ranking between 11 and 100 over the past 10 years. In the 2022-2023 school year, the school ranked 25th out of 1,342 New Jersey elementary schools and received a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has a diverse student population, with a significant Asian student population (46.5%) and a relatively high percentage of White students (45.6%). Mount Pleasant Elementary outperforms the district and state averages in standardized test scores, and it has maintained a very low chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 0.7% to 2.5% over the past 5 years.

While the nearby Riker Hill, Burnet Hill, Harrison, and Hillside Elementary Schools also perform well academically, Mount Pleasant consistently outperforms these schools in key metrics such as overall statewide ranking, test scores, and student racial composition. The school's Asian and male student subgroups have particularly outstanding performance, ranking among the top 15 and 5 elementary schools in New Jersey, respectively, in recent years. However, the school's extremely low percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch suggests a relatively homogeneous, high-income student population, which may raise questions about equity and access for students from lower-income families.


Detail:

Public K-5

 11 Broadlawn Dr
       Livingston, NJ  07039-3117


(973) 535-8000

District: Livingston Board of Education School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
25th of 1,342 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,849 Help


Students who attend Mount Pleasant Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Heritage Middle School
    Mount Pleasant Middle School
High:    Livingston High School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.0 Help
Number of students:  443

Racial breakdown:

Asian:
46.5%
White:
45.6%
Hispanic:
3.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  0.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Mount Pleasant Elementary School ranks better than 98.1% of elementary schools in New Jersey. It also ranks 2nd among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Livingston Board of Education School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 95.34. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Asian (46.5%), White (45.6%), Hispanic (3.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 0.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Mount Pleasant Elementary School is 14, which is the highest among 6 elementary schools in the Livingston Board of Education School District! (See more...)
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Compare Mount Pleasant Elementary School employs 31.6 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mount Pleasant Elementary School is $10,849. 4 elementary schools in the Livingston Board of Education School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Mount Pleasant Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Mount Pleasant Elementary School 25th of 1342 New Jersey public elementary schools. (See Mount Pleasant Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Livingston Board of Education School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Livingston Board of Education School District 33rd of 615 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Mount Pleasant Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Mount Pleasant Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 87.85 44th 1204 96.3%
2004 87.83 15th 1298 98.8%
2005 82.70 94th 1303 92.8%
2006 82.87 73rd 1314 94.4%
2007 75.42 276th 1329 79.2%
2008 79.78 173rd 1338 87.1%
2009 79.65 218th 1346 83.8%
2010 81.91 153rd 1354 88.7%
2011 78.84 253rd 1360 81.4%
2012 82.19 151st 1363 88.9%
2013 85.41 91st 1367 93.3%
2014 88.89 18th 1363 98.7%
2015 96.37 11th 1357 99.2%
2016 93.96 35th 1346 97.4%
2017 89.81 98th 1352 92.8%
2018 94.31 29th 1353 97.9%
2019 91.63 63rd 1360 95.4%
2021 96.76 22nd 1317 98.3%
2022 91.73 100th 1345 92.6%
2023 95.34 25th 1342 98.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Mount Pleasant Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.25 67th 1001 93.3%
2019 96.87 22nd 1007 97.8%
2021 89.98 40th 868 95.4%
2022 59.07 317th 949 66.6%
2023 57.98 317th 958 66.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Mount Pleasant Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.92 39th 1333 97.1%
2019 87.51 107th 1331 92.0%
2021 93.22 53rd 1290 95.9%
2022 90.25 106th 1326 92.0%
2023 95.77 15th 1318 98.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Mount Pleasant Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 94.50 33rd 1334 97.5%
2019 93.36 36th 1335 97.3%
2021 97.78 5th 1297 99.6%
2022 91.46 91st 1324 93.1%
2023 93.13 53rd 1315 96.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Mount Pleasant Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.15 34th 370 90.8%
2019 82.07 30th 370 91.9%
2021 84.35 26th 339 92.3%
2022 80.03 49th 348 85.9%
2023 87.10 13th 346 96.2%
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Rank History for White students at Mount Pleasant Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.12 75th 1022 92.7%
2019 80.60 138th 1023 86.5%
2021 84.89 87th 964 91.0%
2022 66.45 310th 976 68.2%
2023 83.11 117th 975 88.0%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Mount Pleasant Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 295 0 38 0 0 n/a n/a 0 333
1989 291 0 43 2 0 n/a n/a 0 336
1990 284 0 43 4 0 n/a n/a 0 331
1991 246 0 43 3 0 n/a n/a 0 292
1992 236 1 39 1 0 n/a n/a 0 277
1993 231 1 35 2 0 n/a n/a 0 269
1994 228 3 37 0 0 n/a n/a 0 268
1995 291 3 39 0 0 n/a n/a 0 333
1996 291 3 39 0 0 n/a n/a 0 333
1998 313 3 35 1 0 n/a n/a 0 352
1999 331 4 44 2 0 n/a n/a 0 381
2000 321 3 50 1 0 n/a n/a 0 375
2001 321 3 59 2 0 n/a n/a 0 385
2002 330 6 54 2 2 n/a n/a 0 394
2003 330 6 54 2 2 n/a n/a 0 394
2004 339 5 63 5 2 n/a n/a 0 414
2005 318 4 59 3 2 n/a n/a 0 386
2006 310 4 67 2 2 n/a n/a 0 385
2007 299 5 80 3 1 n/a n/a 0 388
2008 297 5 95 3 8 n/a n/a 0 408
2009 307 3 90 7 0 0 4 0 411
2010 307 3 89 10 0 1 6 0 416
2011 313 4 93 12 0 1 5 0 428
2012 308 5 91 13 0 1 4 0 422
2013 311 8 85 16 0 1 5 0 426
2014 303 8 94 12 0 0 5 0 422
2015 298 8 121 17 0 0 7 0 451
2016 308 8 113 17 0 0 7 0 453
2017 280 10 122 14 2 0 10 0 438
2018 266 8 138 8 2 0 9 0 431
2019 247 9 160 8 2 0 10 0 436
2020 242 8 162 12 2 0 8 0 434
2021 213 8 169 11 1 0 10 0 412
2022 203 5 192 18 1 0 16 0 435
2023 202 7 206 15 0 0 13 0 443

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Mount Pleasant Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 333 18.0 18.5 n/a
1989 336 18.0 18.6 n/a
1990 331 19.0 17.4 0.3
1991 292 16.0 18.2 0.3
1992 277 14.0 19.7 n/a
1993 269 15.0 17.9 0
1994 268 15.0 17.9 0.7
1995 333 20.0 16.7 0.3
1996 333 20.0 16.7 0.3
1998 352 25.8 13.6 0.3
1999 381 23.0 16.6 n/a
2000 375 22.5 16.7 0
2001 385 22.7 17.0 0
2002 394 24.0 16.4 0.5
2003 394 24.0 16.4 0.5
2004 414 24.9 16.6 0
2005 386 23.5 16.4 n/a
2006 385 21.5 17.9 0
2007 388 22.0 17.6 0
2008 408 21.0 19.4 0.2
2009 411 28.7 13.2 0.2
2010 416 20.0 20.8 0
2011 428 20.0 21.4 1.4
2012 422 23.4 18.0 1.4
2013 426 24.6 17.2 1.6
2014 422 26.2 16.0 1.4
2015 451 28.0 16.1 0.9
2016 453 28.0 16.1 1.3
2017 438 27.5 15.8 0.9
2018 431 26.2 16.4 0.7
2019 436 26.0 16.7 1.4
2020 434 27.4 15.8 2.3
2021 412 22.0 18.7 1.7
2022 435 25.5 17.0 0.7
2023 443 31.6 14.0 0.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Mount Pleasant Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 333 18.0 18.5 n/a
1989 336 18.0 18.6 n/a
1990 331 19.0 17.4 0.3
1991 292 16.0 18.2 0.3
1992 277 14.0 19.7 n/a
1993 269 15.0 17.9 0
1994 268 15.0 17.9 0.7
1995 333 20.0 16.7 0.3
1996 333 20.0 16.7 0.3
1998 352 25.8 13.6 0.3
1999 381 23.0 16.6 n/a
2000 375 22.5 16.7 0
2001 385 22.7 17.0 0
2002 394 24.0 16.4 0.5
2003 394 24.0 16.4 0.5
2004 414 24.9 16.6 0
2005 386 23.5 16.4 n/a
2006 385 21.5 17.9 0
2007 388 22.0 17.6 0
2008 408 21.0 19.4 0.2
2009 411 28.7 13.2 0.2
2010 416 20.0 20.8 0
2011 428 20.0 21.4 1.4
2012 422 23.4 18.0 1.4
2013 426 24.6 17.2 1.6
2014 422 26.2 16.0 1.4
2015 451 28.0 16.1 0.9
2016 453 28.0 16.1 1.3
2017 438 27.5 15.8 0.9
2018 431 26.2 16.4 0.7
2019 436 26.0 16.7 1.4
2020 434 27.4 15.8 2.3
2021 412 22.0 18.7 1.7
2022 435 25.5 17.0 0.7
2023 443 31.6 14.0 0.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Mount Pleasant Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $393 (3.6%) $10,456 (96.4%) $10,849

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Mount Pleasant Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 63rd of 1360 Elementary schoolsRanks 25th of 1342 Elementary schools
 2.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Mount Pleasant Elementary School)8084.9
 4.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Livingston Board of Education School District)81.979
 2.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)50.242
 8.2%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Mount Pleasant Elementary School)82.884.9
 2.1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Livingston Board of Education School District)81.675
 6.6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)55.145.9
 9.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Mount Pleasant Elementary School)84.581.9
 2.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Livingston Board of Education School District)85.484.2
 1.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.451.3
 6.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Mount Pleasant Elementary School)78.383.3
 5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Livingston Board of Education School District)75.879
 3.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)5144.3
 6.7%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Mount Pleasant Elementary School)90.588.5
 2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Livingston Board of Education School District)8585.9
 0.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.953.2
 4.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Mount Pleasant Elementary School)83.879.2
 4.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Livingston Board of Education School District)73.275.6
 2.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)46.840.1
 6.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students436443
 1.6%
African American97
 22.2%
American Indian20
 100%
Asian160206
 28.8%
Hispanic815
 87.5%
Pacific Islander00
White247202
 18.2%
Two or More Races1013
 30%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients1.4%0.9%
 0.5%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Mount Pleasant Elementary School

Students who attend Mount Pleasant Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Heritage Middle School
Middle : Mount Pleasant Middle School
High : Livingston High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 443 students attended Mount Pleasant Elementary School.

Students at Mount Pleasant Elementary School are 47% Asian, 46% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Yes! Mount Pleasant Elementary School is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 25th of 1342 New Jersey elementary schools.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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