Schools in Zip Code 07836

Zip code 07836 has three schools in the Mount Olive Township School District: two elementary schools serving pre-K or kindergarten through grade 5, and one high school serving grades 9–12. The elementary schools both outperformed the state in every reported grade for English language arts (ELA) and mathematics in 2025–2026. Across the matched elementary grade-and-school results, their average advantage was 13 percentage points in ELA and 18 points in mathematics—the clearest strength across the area’s schools.

Neither elementary school leads in every grade: Mountain View Elementary School led grade 3 and grade 4 mathematics, with 69% and 71% proficient, while Tinc Rd. Elementary School led grade 5 mathematics at 75%, 17 points above Mountain View. Tinc Rd. also led grade 5 science, 43% to 35%, and both schools beat the 27% state result. At Mount Olive High School, results varied by assessment: grade 10 Algebra I was 7% proficient versus 20% statewide, and Algebra I end-of-course was 13% versus 40%. Other results were stronger, including grade 9 ELA at 59% versus 51% statewide and NJGPA mathematics at 71% versus 61%.

Elementary trends were mixed: the average ELA result declined by 4 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while mathematics rose by 1 point; the average math advantage over the state edged up from 17 to 18 points. At the high school, Algebra I results improved by 5 to 7 points across the listed comparisons, but remained below state results. SchoolDigger ranked Mountain View 366th and Tinc Rd. 357th out of 1,331 elementary schools, both at the 73rd percentile; Mount Olive High ranked 163rd of 434 high schools, at the 62nd percentile. Student–teacher ratios were similar at the elementary schools: 9.8 at Mountain View and 9.6 at Tinc Rd. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 21% at Mountain View, 33% at Tinc Rd., and 22% at Mount Olive High; these figures are context, not an explanation for results.