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Mount Pleasant Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in West Orange, Essex County. The school has 349 pupils enrolled. It is part of the West Orange Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mount Pleasant Elementary School enrolls 349 students across grades K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 36% Hispanic or Latino, 31% Black or African American and 17% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 124 | 36% |
| Black or African American | 108 | 31% |
| White | 60 | 17% |
| Asian | 29 | 8.3% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 7.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
97 of the school's 349 students (28%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 70 qualify for free lunch and 27 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mount Pleasant Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 27, state house district 27.
Mount Pleasant Elementary School is one of 13 schools in West Orange Public Schools, based in West Orange, New Jersey. The district serves 7,119 students district-wide and employs 645 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 349 students, Mount Pleasant Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 548 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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