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Mount Prospect Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
111 Hansom Road
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
Phone
(908) 470-1600
District
Bernards Township School District
County
SOMERSET COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
530
Classroom Teachers
56

* Mount Prospect Elementary School is one of the top 100 best public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.0% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Mount Prospect Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
90%
44%
89%
42%
90%
46%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
87%
47%
87%
49%
86%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
88%
45%
87%
51%
88%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
9
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 76 14.3%
Kindergarten 71 13.4%
Grade 1 66 12.5%
Grade 2 70 13.2%
Grade 3 76 14.3%
Grade 4 78 14.7%
Grade 5 93 17.5%
Total 530 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 20.0% 51.4% 39.1%
Black 2.4% 1.1% 14.9%
Hispanic 9.2% 9.6% 34.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 67.8% 37.8% 10.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported 2.3% 37.1%
Free lunch eligible Unreported 1.7% 31.5%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported 0.6% 5.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 27,840 9,290,841
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,150.3 1,259
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.0% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 24.1% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 21.3% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 33.8% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 17.8% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,318 3,478,355
Single Parent Households With Children 3.6% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.4% 90.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 72.9% 42.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 58.4% 32.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.9% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 6.3% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 6.5% 12.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 3.7% 10.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.5% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 3.7% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $16,366 $77,900,000 58.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $3,124 $14,868,000 11.2%
Staff $1,322 $6,294,000 4.7%
General Administration $307 $1,462,000 1.1%
School Administration $1,447 $6,890,000 5.2%
Operation $1,899 $9,037,000 6.8%
Transportation $858 $4,086,000 3.1%
Other $584 $2,781,000 2.1%
Total Support $9,542 $45,418,000 34.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,009 $9,561,000 7.2%
Total Expenditures $27,916 $132,879,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,629 $20,370,924,000 51.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,803 $3,903,661,000 9.9%
Staff $872 $1,214,300,000 3.1%
General Administration $482 $671,066,000 1.7%
School Administration $1,195 $1,664,142,000 4.2%
Operation $2,241 $3,120,212,000 7.9%
Transportation $950 $1,322,740,000 3.3%
Other $616 $857,184,000 2.2%
Total Support $9,159 $12,753,305,000 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,641 $6,462,515,000 16.3%
Total Expenditures $28,428 $39,586,744,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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