Summary:
The city of Spring Lake, New Jersey is home to two elementary schools: Spring Lake Heights Elementary School and H.W. Mountz Elementary School. These schools serve students from kindergarten through 6th grade and are part of the Spring Lake Heights School District and the Spring Lake Borough school district.
Based on the available data, H.W. Mountz Elementary School stands out as a high-performing institution, ranking 3rd out of 1,347 New Jersey elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. In contrast, Spring Lake Heights Elementary School is ranked 304th out of 1,347 schools for the same year and has a 4-star rating. H.W. Mountz consistently outperforms the state average in English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels, with 92.9% of 3rd graders proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 44.9%. Spring Lake Heights Elementary School also performs well, with several grade levels exceeding the state average in both subjects, but not as consistently as H.W. Mountz.
The significant difference in per-student spending between the two schools ($25,190 for H.W. Mountz vs. $13,667 for Spring Lake Heights) may contribute to the disparity in their academic performance. Both schools have relatively low student-teacher ratios, with H.W. Mountz at 6.2 and Spring Lake Heights at 6.5. Interestingly, both schools have the same chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% for the 2023-2024 school year, suggesting that factors beyond just academic achievement may be influencing student attendance.
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