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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)
340360000324	111	Cresskill High School	Public	9-12	1 Lincoln Drive	Cresskill	07626	Bergen County	Cresskill Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 227-7791	478	49	9.8	4.6%	282 (59.0%)	15 (3.1%)	35 (7.3%)	136 (28.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.9%)	$11,210			$53			$11,157	63.6	68.1	84	27
341674002448	112	Verona High School	Public	9-12	151 Fairview Ave	Verona	07044	Essex County	Verona Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 571-6750	628	54	11.6	0.5%	492 (78.3%)	12 (1.9%)	73 (11.6%)	21 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.5%)	$12,611			$135			$12,476	63.4	62.6	105	7
340636001540	113	Haddon Township High School	Public	9-12	406 Memorial Avenue	Westmont	08108	Camden County	Haddon Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 869-7750	628	49	12.7	15.0%	494 (78.7%)	21 (3.3%)	65 (10.4%)	22 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.8%)	$15,679			$444			$15,235	62.8	43.8	191	78
340399000340	114	Dumont High School	Public	9-12	101 New Milford Ave	Dumont	07628	Bergen County	Dumont Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 387-3000	768	65	11.7	10.5%	310 (40.4%)	35 (4.6%)	296 (38.5%)	108 (14.1%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (0.9%)	10 (1.3%)	$10,719			$550			$10,169	62.4	62.6	104	10
340357005458	115	Cranford High School	Public	9-12	201 West End Place	Cranford	07016	Union County	Cranford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 709-6272	1,081	100	10.8	1.5%	852 (78.8%)	32 (3.0%)	121 (11.2%)	43 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (3.1%)	$10,384						$10,384	62	61.8	110	5
340757003198	116	Academy of Technology Design	Public	9-12	525 Montgomery Street	Jersey City	07302	Hudson County	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 631-6331	203	4	48.9	43.3%	39 (19.2%)	17 (8.4%)	109 (53.7%)	25 (12.3%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	10 (4.9%)								62	31.8	262	146
340759003006	117	Hunterdon Central Regional High School District	Public	9-12	84 Route 31	Flemington	08822	Hunterdon County	Hunterdon Central Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 782-5727	2,408	227	10.6	12.9%	1,628 (67.6%)	102 (4.2%)	428 (17.8%)	164 (6.8%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	71 (2.9%)	$15,819			$47			$15,772	62	60.9	114	3
340561000237	118	Colts Neck High School	Public	9-12	59 Five Points Road	Colts Neck	07722	Monmouth County	Freehold Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 761-0190	1,413	96	14.6	17.8%	975 (69.0%)	32 (2.3%)	288 (20.4%)	91 (6.4%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (1.6%)	$9,637			$30			$9,607	61.8	69.6	78	40
341329004692	119	Point Pleasant Borough High School	Public	9-12	830 Laura Herbert Dr	Point Pleasant Beach	08742	Ocean County	Point Pleasant Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 701-1900	856	80	10.6	8.8%	752 (87.9%)	5 (0.6%)	78 (9.1%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	10 (1.2%)	$13,364			$41			$13,323	61.4	53.6	142	23
341074004352	120	Morris Hills High School	Public	9-12	520 West Main Street	Rockaway	07866	Morris County	Morris Hills Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 664-2301	1,141	116	9.8	25.9%	398 (34.9%)	37 (3.2%)	552 (48.4%)	109 (9.6%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	36 (3.2%)	$13,656			$364			$13,292	61.4	69.5	80	40

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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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