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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 426)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
341065004332	51	Montville Township High School	Public	9-12	100 Horseneck Road	Montville	07045	Morris County	Montville Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 331-7100	1,081	110	9.8	3.8%	687 (63.6%)	14 (1.3%)	109 (10.1%)	239 (22.1%)	2 (0.2%)	9 (0.8%)	21 (1.9%)	$15,537			$35			$15,502	79.6	76	54	3
340450003326	52	John P. Stevens High School	Public	9-12	855 Grove Avenue	Edison	08820	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 452-2800	2,675	171	15.6	13.7%	150 (5.6%)	109 (4.1%)	106 (4.0%)	2,243 (83.9%)	19 (0.7%)	4 (0.1%)	37 (1.4%)	$6,666						$6,666	79.5	80.9	44	8
341686000888	53	Waldwick High School	Public	9-12	155 Wyckoff Avenue	Waldwick	07463	Bergen County	Waldwick School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 652-9000	431	44	9.7	1.6%	293 (68.0%)	6 (1.4%)	99 (23.0%)	24 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.1%)	$11,982						$11,982	79.3	43.9	188	135
341722005320	54	Watchung Hills Regional High School	Public	9-12	108 Stirling Rd.	Warren	07059	Somerset County	Watchung Hills Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 647-4800	1,702	145	11.7	2.8%	921 (54.1%)	88 (5.2%)	280 (16.5%)	332 (19.5%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	62 (3.6%)	$14,489			$55			$14,434	79	57.5	128	74
340995003409	55	Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy	Public	9-12	1085 Old Trenton Road	Trenton	08690	Mercer County	Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 586-5144	134	9	14.8	29.1%	15 (11.2%)	23 (17.2%)	54 (40.3%)	31 (23.1%)	3 (2.2%)	1 (0.7%)	6 (4.5%)	$6,185						$6,185	78.9	70.3	70	15
340666004246	56	Whippany Park High School	Public	9-12	165 Whippany Road	Whippany	07981	Morris County	Hanover Park Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 887-3004	594	61	9.7	3.4%	431 (72.6%)	24 (4.0%)	47 (7.9%)	84 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.3%)	$12,403			$275			$12,128	78.7	67.3	90	34
340804004282	57	Kinnelon High School	Public	9-12	121 Kinnelon Road	Kinnelon	07405	Morris County	Kinnelon School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 838-5500	528	57	9.2	4.7%	414 (78.4%)	8 (1.5%)	45 (8.5%)	44 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	12 (2.3%)	$19,732			$28			$19,704	78.6	65.9	96	39
340000406014	58	Chatham High School	Public	9-12	255 Lafayette Avenue	Chatham	07928	Morris County	School District of the Chathams	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 457-2505	1,216	102	11.9	1.3%	899 (73.9%)	11 (0.9%)	80 (6.6%)	166 (13.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (4.9%)	$9,966						$9,966	78.3	79.3	47	11
340639001554	59	Haddonfield Memorial High School	Public	9-12	401 Kings Highway East	Haddonfield	08033	Camden County	Haddonfield School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 429-3960	878	86	10.2	3.5%	767 (87.4%)	19 (2.2%)	23 (2.6%)	30 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.1%)	$8,175						$8,175	77.2	74.6	59
340783000391	60	Liberty High School	Public	9-12	299 Sip Avenue	Jersey City	07306	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 714-4373	188	26	7.2	54.8%	54 (28.7%)	37 (19.7%)	50 (26.6%)	46 (24.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$14,454			$356			$14,098	76.6	69.8	74	14

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NJSLA Algebra I, NJSLA Geometry, NJSLA Algebra II, NJSLA-S Science, NJSLA English Language Arts test scores released by the New Jersey Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on December 4, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the New Jersey Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Jersey Department of Education.
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