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Mountain Lakes Public School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending
Mountain Lakes Public School District runs 4 public schools with 1,230 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 8.1 students per teacher is 3.6 lower than the New Jersey figure of 11.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,230
- Teachers (FTE)
- 152
- Students per teacher
- 8.1
- NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 96 Powerville Road Suite 1, Mt Lakes, NJ 07046
- Phone
- (973)334-8280
- County
- Morris County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3411010
- State district ID
- NJ-273460
- Total staff (FTE)
- 300
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 176 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district8.1
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,348), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $47.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $418,000
- State revenue
- $9.3 million
- Local revenue
- $38.1 million
- Total spending
- $51.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $37,973
- Salaries
- $25.0 million48.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $22.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 0.9%
- State: 19.5%
- Local: 79.6%
New Jersey overall
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$37,973
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826
Schools in Mountain Lakes Public School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Briarcliff Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 263 | 8.8 |
| Lake Drive Program for Hearing Impaired | Elementary | PK to 8 | 64 | 2.8 |
| Mountain Lakes High School | High | 9 to 12 | 546 | 9.8 |
| Wildwood Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 423 | 10.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Morris County
- Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District 7,082 students
- Morris School District 5,729 students
- Mount Olive Township School District 4,786 students
- Randolph Township School District 4,219 students
- School District of the Chathams 3,594 students
- Montville Township School District 3,545 students
- Dover Public School District 3,525 students
- Roxbury Township School District 3,409 students
- Jefferson Township Public School District 2,663 students
- Morris Hills Regional School District 2,626 students
- Rockaway Township School District 2,436 students
- Madison Public School District 2,392 students
- Pequannock Township School District 2,118 students
- West Morris Regional High School District 2,058 students
- Washington Township School District 2,008 students
More in New Jersey
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.