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Mount Laurel Township School District

Public school districtGrades PK–8

Serves Mount Laurel Township.

Mount Laurel Township’s School Grade B better than 60% of New Jersey school districts

Students
4,173
Schools
8
Spent per student
$23,451
NJ $28,441
Students per teacher
11:1
Free or reduced lunch
21%
Debt
$26.7M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Mount Laurel Township School District

  • Its letter, B: results better than 64% of New Jersey districts
  • Math proficiency 12 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 7 pts above the state
  • Spends 18% less per student than the NJ average
  • 11 students per teacher
  • Debt of $26.7M, about $6,396 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B: better than 64% of the 651 New Jersey school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
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The town it serves, and its School Grade

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Mount Laurel Township. Grade by grade →

PK–46 elementary schoolsThis district
9–124 high schoolsLenape Regional School District

Test scores vs. NJ

2021–22
Math proficiency47%
State average 35.5% · 2,754 students tested
Reading / language arts56%
State average 48.6% · 2,751 students tested

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 96% at Lenape Regional High School District, which runs the high school (state 90.5%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$23,451 per student · 18% below NJ
Spending
Classroom instruction 66%Support & administration 32%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 66%State 30%Federal 3%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
4,061’20
4,162’21
4,160’22
4,149’23
4,173’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 46%Asian 16%Black 15%Hispanic 14%Two or more races 9%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

8 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Jersey’s other public schools.

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within New Jersey.