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Schools in Budd Lake

Budd Lake’s public schools

Mount Olive Township School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Budd Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?6/6schools above New Jersey’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in New Jersey’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
64%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
97%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$27.1K
▼ 5% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.7
NJ 11.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
4,776 students on the public path
In brief

Budd Lake’s schools, in brief

School by school

6 of Budd Lake’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s 2,144 public schools. Mount Olive High School places highest (better than 79%); Chester M. Stephens Elementary School lowest (66%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Four elementary schools serve Budd Lake, graded from B+ to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Mount Olive High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Budd Lake, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB+
6–8Mount Olive Middle SchoolMount Olive Township School DistrictB+
9–12Mount Olive High Schoolin FlandersA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Mount Olive Township School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading64%
State average 48.6% · 2442 students tested
Math47%
State average 35.5% · 2421 students tested

Budd Lake vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New Jersey towns that share Budd Lake’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Budd Lake—Mount Olive Township

Every school in Budd Lake

6 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Jersey’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

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Questions about Budd Lake’s schools

Are Budd Lake’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Budd Lake. Mount Olive Township School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Budd Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 6 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Budd Lake in?

Mount Olive Township School District.

Where do Budd Lake kids go to high school?

Mount Olive High School.

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What Budd Lake families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.