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Mount Pleasant Elementary School

Public Grades K-5

30^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 98% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Mount Pleasant Elementary School is a top-performing public elementary school in Livingston, New Jersey, serving students from kindergarten to 5th grade as part of the Livingston Board of Education School District.

Mount Pleasant Elementary School consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in New Jersey, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's exceptional academic performance is evident in its students' consistently high standardized test scores, which significantly outpace the state and district averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school ranked 30th out of 1,347 New Jersey elementary schools, a testament to its commitment to providing a high-quality education.

When compared to other elementary schools in the Livingston district, such as Riker Hill Elementary School, Burnet Hill Elementary School, Harrison Elementary School, and Hillside Elementary School, Mount Pleasant Elementary School consistently outperforms its peers in academic achievement and student demographics. The school's diverse student population, with a significant percentage of Asian students, is an asset that contributes to its academic success. However, the school's performance for special education students is an area that could be improved.

407

Students ?

13.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,849

Per pupil spending ?

0.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

11 Broadlawn Dr
Livingston, NJ 07039-3117

(973) 535-8000

District: Livingston Board of Education School District

Students who attend Mount Pleasant Elementary School usually attend:

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

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

47.7%

White:

41.5%

Hispanic:

5.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 99th percentile in 2015 → 98th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Jersey average (82% vs 46% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 2% of New Jersey elementary schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school82%

District avg80%

New Jersey avg46%

30^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Top 2%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 6Elementary Schools in the Livingston Board of Education School District

23^rd of 609Livingston Board of Education School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	95.2	30 of 1347	97.8%	★★★★★
2024	94.8	35 of 1338	97.4%	★★★★★
2023	95.3	25 of 1342	98.1%	★★★★★
2022	91.7	100 of 1345	92.6%	★★★★★
2021	96.8	22 of 1317	98.3%	★★★★★
2019	91.6	63 of 1360	95.4%	★★★★★
2018	94.3	29 of 1353	97.9%	★★★★★
2017	89.8	98 of 1352	92.8%	★★★★★
2016	94.0	35 of 1346	97.4%	★★★★★
2015	96.4	11 of 1357	99.2%	★★★★★
2014	88.9	18 of 1363	98.7%	★★★★★
2013	85.4	91 of 1367	93.3%	★★★★★
2012	82.2	151 of 1363	88.9%	★★★★☆
2011	78.8	253 of 1360	81.4%	★★★★☆
2010	81.9	153 of 1354	88.7%	★★★★☆
2009	79.7	218 of 1346	83.8%	★★★★☆
2008	79.8	173 of 1338	87.1%	★★★★☆
2007	75.4	276 of 1329	79.2%	★★★★☆
2006	82.9	73 of 1314	94.4%	★★★★★
2005	82.7	94 of 1303	92.8%	★★★★★
2004	87.8	15 of 1298	98.8%	★★★★★
2003	87.9	44 of 1204	96.3%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	87.1	11 of 330	96.7%	★★★★★
2024	83.2	21 of 340	93.8%	★★★★★
2023	87.1	13 of 346	96.2%	★★★★★
2022	80.0	49 of 348	85.9%	★★★★☆
2021	84.4	26 of 339	92.3%	★★★★★
2019	82.1	30 of 370	91.9%	★★★★★
2018	82.1	34 of 370	90.8%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	94.2	37 of 1326	97.2%	★★★★★
2024	95.8	15 of 1317	98.9%	★★★★★
2023	95.8	15 of 1318	98.9%	★★★★★
2022	90.2	106 of 1326	92.0%	★★★★★
2021	93.2	53 of 1290	95.9%	★★★★★
2019	87.5	107 of 1331	92.0%	★★★★★
2018	91.9	39 of 1333	97.1%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	94.1	32 of 1318	97.6%	★★★★★
2024	91.2	80 of 1313	93.9%	★★★★★
2023	93.1	53 of 1315	96.0%	★★★★★
2022	91.5	91 of 1324	93.1%	★★★★★
2021	97.8	5 of 1297	99.6%	★★★★★
2019	93.4	36 of 1335	97.3%	★★★★★
2018	94.5	33 of 1334	97.5%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2023	58.0	317 of 958	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.1	317 of 949	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	90.0	40 of 868	95.4%	★★★★★
2019	96.9	22 of 1007	97.8%	★★★★★
2018	91.2	67 of 1001	93.3%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	75.3	208 of 970	78.6%	★★★★☆
2024	78.1	166 of 963	82.8%	★★★★☆
2023	83.1	117 of 975	88.0%	★★★★☆
2022	66.5	310 of 976	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	84.9	87 of 964	91.0%	★★★★★
2019	80.6	138 of 1023	86.5%	★★★★☆
2018	86.1	75 of 1022	92.7%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Male (2025)98th percentile~ school

Female (2025)97th percentile~ school

Asian (2025)97th percentile~ school

White (2025)79th percentile-19 vs school

Special Education (2023)67th percentile-31 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics87%+40 vs state

English Language Arts84%+33 vs state

Science65%+35 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)				NJSLA Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mount Pleasant Elementary School	Public	K-5	11 Broadlawn Dr	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 535-8000	407	30	13.6	0.7%	169 (41.5%)	3 (0.7%)	23 (5.7%)	194 (47.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.7%)	95.2	30^th of 1347 public elementary schools	97.8%		94.8	35^th of 1338 public elementary schools	97.4%	5	65.0	80.3	89.8	82.5		85.2	89.9	86.3		$10,849	$393	$10,456
Harrison Elementary School	Public	K-5	148 North Livingston Ave	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 535-8000	522	42	12.5	0.6%	133 (25.5%)	11 (2.1%)	29 (5.6%)	322 (61.7%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.4%)	95.2	29^th of 1347 public elementary schools	97.8%		96.4	17^th of 1338 public elementary schools	98.7%	12	73.0	82.4	89.2	88.7		76.7	88.2	88.8		$11,602	$418	$11,184
Hillside Elementary School	Public	K-5	98 Belmont Drive	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 535-8000	476	40	11.9	2.7%	139 (29.2%)	19 (4.0%)	29 (6.1%)	263 (55.3%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.8%)	95.4	25^th of 1347 public elementary schools	98.1%		94.3	45^th of 1338 public elementary schools	96.6%	20	63.1	87.3	92.2	84.4		87.6	85.9	79.8		$11,276	$396	$10,880
Mount Pleasant Elementary School	Public	K-5	9 Manger Road	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 669-5480	349	35	9.9	32.7%	62 (17.8%)	110 (31.5%)	112 (32.1%)	30 (8.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (9.7%)	84.9	199^th of 1347 public elementary schools	85.2%		82	252^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	81.2%	53	51.9	72.9	71.7	82.6		74.6	59.7	75.0		$12,477		$12,477
Collins Elementary School	Public	K-5	67 Martin Rd	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 535-8000	440	38	11.5	0.9%	192 (43.6%)	15 (3.4%)	31 (7.0%)	173 (39.3%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.7%)	92.4	73^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	94.6%		90.1	107^th of 1338 public elementary schools	92.0%	34	61.9	82.9	83.6	85.7		80.7	72.2	75.0		$11,450	$413	$11,037
Riker Hill Elementary School	Public	K-5	31 Blackstone Dr	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 535-8000	477	38	12.5	4.0%	170 (35.6%)	19 (4.0%)	21 (4.4%)	242 (50.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.0%)	90.9	100^th of 1347 public elementary schools	92.6%		88.9	134^th of 1338 public elementary schools	90.0%	34	61.6	80.2	77.9	78.9		82.4	71.8	75.9		$10,741	$404	$10,337
Lester C Noecker	Public	PK, KG-6	100 Passaic Ave	Roseland	07068	Essex County	Roseland School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 226-7644	451	44	10.2	6.4%	285 (63.2%)	25 (5.5%)	52 (11.5%)	68 (15.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.4%)	91.8	83^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	93.8%		89.9	116^th of 1338 public elementary schools	91.3%	33	67.2	76.4	79.7	87.3	85.0	76.3	77.9	81.3	63.0	$13,133	$192	$12,941
Burnet Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	25 Byron Place	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 535-8000	425	39	10.8	2.1%	166 (39.1%)	21 (4.9%)	31 (7.3%)	184 (43.3%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.5%)	92.3	74^th of 1347 public elementary schools	94.5%		91.2	92^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	93.1%	18	64.0	70.4	77.6	88.0		81.7	83.7	76.0		$12,821	$421	$12,400
St. Cloud Elementary School	Public	K-5	71 Sheridan Ave	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 669-5393	436	37	11.7	14.7%	115 (26.4%)	137 (31.4%)	90 (20.6%)	36 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	57 (13.1%)	84.6	207^th of 1347 public elementary schools	84.6%		87.4	164^th of 1338 public elementary schools	87.7%	43	50.0	66.3	88.4	79.5		65.5	72.5	61.7		$10,534	$220	$10,314
Kelly Elementary School	Public	K-5	555 Pleasant Valley Way	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 669-5452	451	50	9.0	43.0%	44 (9.8%)	155 (34.4%)	188 (41.7%)	13 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	50 (11.1%)	53.8	630^th of 1347 public elementary schools	53.2%		60	543^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	59.4%	87	32.7	48.2	53.9	51.8		46.4	58.8	44.8		$14,318		$14,318

Frequently Asked Questions about Mount Pleasant Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Mount Pleasant Elementary School?

Students at Mount Pleasant Elementary School are 48% Asian, 42% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Mount Pleasant Elementary School attend?

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

How many students attend Mount Pleasant Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 407 students attended Mount Pleasant Elementary School.

What district is Mount Pleasant Elementary School in?

Livingston Board of Education School District

Is Mount Pleasant Elementary School a good school?

Yes! Mount Pleasant Elementary School is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 30^th of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools.

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