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Schools in Highland Lakes

Highland Lakes’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools 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
42%
2021–22
Math proficiency
33%
2021–22
Graduate on time
93%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$25.8K
▼ 9% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.3
NJ 11.6
Schools in town
0
2,360 students on the public path
In brief

Highland Lakes’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Highland Lakes’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s 2,144 public schools. Vernon Township High School places highest (better than 51%); Rolling Hills Primary School lowest (20%). 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 Highland Lakes, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–1Cedar Mountain Primary Schoolin VernonNo scores
2–3Rolling Hills Primary Schoolin VernonC−
6–8Glen Meadow Middle Schoolin VernonC+
9–12Vernon Township High Schoolin VernonB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Vernon 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.

Vernon Township School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 2,872 students · 11.3 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$25,758NJ $28,441 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading42%
State average 48.6% · 1486 students tested
Math33%
State average 35.5% · 1486 students tested

Highland Lakes vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New Jersey towns that share Highland Lakes’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Highland Lakes—Vernon Township

Every school in Highland Lakes

4 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).

Also serving Highland Lakesin other towns
Cedar Mountain Primary School
Elementary · Grades K–1 · Vernon
406 students12:1Rate it →
Rolling Hills Primary School
Elementary · Grades 2–3 · Vernon
C−
431 students11:1Rate it →
Glen Meadow Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Vernon
C+
617 students11:1Rate it →
Vernon Township High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Vernon
B−
906 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Highland Lakes’s schools

Are Highland Lakes’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Highland Lakes. Vernon Township School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Highland Lakes. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Highland Lakes in?

Vernon Township School District.

Where do Highland Lakes kids go to high school?

Vernon Township High 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.