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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)
341308002616	241	Pitman Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	225 Linden Avenue	Pitman	08071	Gloucester County	Pitman Boro School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 589-2121	330	35	9.4	17.3%	285 (86.4%)	15 (4.5%)	16 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.2%)	$11,990						$11,990	34.6	43.8	189	52
341623004724	242	Toms River High School South	Public	9-12	55 Hyers Street	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 505-5738	1,359	93	14.6	27.4%	886 (65.2%)	102 (7.5%)	313 (23.0%)	17 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (3.0%)	$7,311						$7,311	34.4	19	338	96
340810005935	243	Lacey Township High School	Public	9-12	73 Haines Street	Lanoka Harbor	08734	Ocean County	Lacey Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 971-2020	1,222	92	13.2	23.6%	1,002 (82.0%)	19 (1.6%)	152 (12.4%)	17 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (2.3%)	$17,735			$315			$17,420	33.6	26	296	53
340774004612	244	Jackson Memorial High School	Public	9-12	101 Don Connor Boulevard	Jackson	08527	Ocean County	Jackson Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 833-4670	1,499	109	13.7	15.5%	1,067 (71.2%)	71 (4.7%)	284 (18.9%)	52 (3.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	20 (1.3%)	$7,890			$29			$7,861	33.4	36.7	233	11
340450003324	245	Edison High School	Public	9-12	50 Boulevard Of The Eagles	Edison	08817	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 650-5200	2,280	161	14.1	33.6%	420 (18.4%)	348 (15.3%)	618 (27.1%)	841 (36.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.2%)	47 (2.1%)	$7,321			$236			$7,085	33.3	37.6	223	22
341140005384	246	Newton High School	Public	9-12	44 Ryerson Avenue	Newton	07860	Sussex County	Newton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 383-7573	719	60	11.9	12.2%	426 (59.2%)	36 (5.0%)	199 (27.7%)	32 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	22 (3.1%)	$10,627						$10,627	33.2	40.6	204	42
340474000388	247	Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood	Public	9-12	274 Knickerbocker Rd	Englewood	07631	Bergen County	Englewood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 862-6039	1,077	80	13.4	59.0%	105 (9.7%)	227 (21.1%)	555 (51.5%)	174 (16.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	13 (1.2%)	$10,824			$230			$10,594	33.2	34.7	242	5
341707002640	248	Washington Township High School	Public	9-12	519 Hurffville Crosskeys Rd	Sewell	08080	Gloucester County	Washington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 589-8500	2,075	173	11.9	18.3%	1,492 (71.9%)	188 (9.1%)	197 (9.5%)	97 (4.7%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	87 (4.2%)	$11,737			$312			$11,425	33.2	30.9	267	19
341638003059	249	Union City High School	Public	9-12	2500 Kennedy Blvd	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 330-8678	3,025	179	16.8	82.9%	42 (1.4%)	56 (1.9%)	2,913 (96.3%)	14 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,632			$446			$9,186	33.1	26.7	293	44
341332004702	250	Point Pleasant Beach High School	Public	9-12	700 Trenton Avenue	Point Pleasant Beach	08742	Ocean County	Point Pleasant Beach School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 899-1817	358	38	9.3	8.4%	315 (88.0%)	5 (1.4%)	29 (8.1%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$14,625			$369			$14,256	33.1	39.9	208	42

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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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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.