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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 422)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
340531000442	171	Fort Lee High School	Public	9-12	3000 Lemoine Ave	Fort Lee	07024	Bergen County	Fort Lee School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 585-4675	1,160	83	13.9	12.2%	323 (27.8%)	63 (5.4%)	274 (23.6%)	474 (40.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.3%)	22 (1.9%)	$10,393			$208			$10,185	46.9	54.5	134	37
340423002040	172	East Orange STEM Academy High School	Public	6-12	129 Renshaw Avenue	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5900	568	41	13.8	60.4%	2 (0.4%)	512 (90.1%)	47 (8.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.4%)	$12,197			$272			$11,925	46.5	47.4	165	7
340849001094	173	Lenape High School	Public	9-12	235 Hartford Road	Medford	08055	Burlington County	Lenape Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 654-5111	1,892	159	11.9	15.1%	1,020 (53.9%)	269 (14.2%)	226 (11.9%)	253 (13.4%)	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	110 (5.8%)	$12,011			$56			$11,955	46.4	42.8	192	19
340885000550	174	Lodi High School	Public	9-12	99 Putnam Street	Lodi	07644	Bergen County	Lodi School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 478-6100	907	66	13.8	54.8%	198 (21.8%)	76 (8.4%)	573 (63.2%)	43 (4.7%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.8%)	9 (1.0%)	$9,400			$187			$9,213	46.2	38.5	227	53
340150000268	175	Bergenfield High School	Public	9-12	80 S Prospect Ave	Bergenfield	07621	Bergen County	Bergenfield Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 385-8600	1,224	106	11.5	34.9%	108 (8.8%)	89 (7.3%)	700 (57.2%)	287 (23.4%)	3 (0.2%)	5 (0.4%)	28 (2.3%)	$12,671			$558			$12,113	46.1	33.7	251	76
340921000568	176	Lyndhurst High School	Public	9-12	400 Weart Avenue	Lyndhurst	07071	Bergen County	Lyndhurst Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 896-2100	824	61	13.5	19.7%	418 (50.7%)	31 (3.8%)	345 (41.9%)	16 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.6%)	$9,965						$9,965	45.4	40.5	211	35
340183001980	177	Bloomfield High School	Public	9-12	160 Broad Street	Bloomfield	07003	Essex County	Bloomfield Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 680-8500	2,029	169	12	38.9%	435 (21.4%)	471 (23.2%)	962 (47.4%)	115 (5.7%)	5 (0.2%)	33 (1.6%)	8 (0.4%)	$9,303			$222			$9,081	45.2	34.4	248	71
340806005372	178	Kittatinny Regional High School	Public	7-12	77 Halsey Road	Newton	07860	Sussex County	Kittatinny Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 383-1800	781	80	9.8	9.2%	686 (87.8%)	12 (1.5%)	59 (7.6%)	9 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.7%)	$18,501			$170			$18,331	45.1	46.8	168	10
341206004058	179	Ocean Township High School	Public	9-12	550 West Park Avenue	Oakhurst	07755	Monmouth County	Township of Ocean School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 531-5650	1,021	103	9.9	24.1%	608 (59.5%)	126 (12.3%)	208 (20.4%)	56 (5.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (2.1%)	$11,226			$64			$11,162	44.8	30.2	272	93
341335004930	180	Pompton Lakes High School	Public	9-12	44 Lakeside Avenue	Pompton Lakes	07442	Passaic County	Pompton Lakes School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 835-7100	641	52	12.3	15.6%	378 (59.0%)	24 (3.7%)	191 (29.8%)	42 (6.6%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,245			$10			$11,235	44.8	44.5	177	3

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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 6, 2023, 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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.