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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)
340942003940	101	Manasquan High School	Public	9-12	167 Broad Street	Manasquan	08736	Monmouth County	Manasquan School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 528-8820	948	83	11.4	12.3%	759 (80.1%)	15 (1.6%)	149 (15.7%)	9 (0.9%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	8 (0.8%)	$13,060						$13,060	64.3	53.8	139	38
340852000534	102	Leonia High School	Public	9-12	100 Christie Heights Street	Leonia	07605	Bergen County	Leonia Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 302-5200	847	60	14	18.1%	221 (26.1%)	46 (5.4%)	220 (26.0%)	303 (35.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (6.3%)	$13,390			$38			$13,352	63.7	55.7	128	26
341242000688	103	Paramus High School	Public	9-12	99 East Century Road	Paramus	07652	Bergen County	Paramus Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 261-7800	1,148	105	10.9	11.8%	571 (49.7%)	29 (2.5%)	209 (18.2%)	306 (26.7%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (2.5%)	$15,572						$15,572	63.4	57.8	120	17
340399000340	104	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	761	64	11.8	7.4%	346 (45.5%)	32 (4.2%)	250 (32.9%)	116 (15.2%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.8%)	9 (1.2%)	$10,719			$550			$10,169	62.6	64.1	90	14
341674002448	105	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	637	52	12.3	1.4%	499 (78.3%)	10 (1.6%)	77 (12.1%)	21 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.1%)	$12,611			$135			$12,476	62.6	58.5	115	10
340561003804	106	Marlboro High School	Public	9-12	95 North Main Street	Marlboro	07746	Monmouth County	Freehold Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 617-8393	1,816	112	16.1	6.3%	1,279 (70.4%)	24 (1.3%)	148 (8.1%)	324 (17.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (2.1%)	$9,633			$30			$9,603	62.6	67.6	77	29
341098004398	107	Mount Olive High School	Public	9-12	18 Corey Road	Flanders	07836	Morris County	Mount Olive Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 927-2208	1,493	119	12.5	15.1%	835 (55.9%)	113 (7.6%)	310 (20.8%)	187 (12.5%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (3.1%)	$10,202			$162			$10,040	62.4	58.4	117	10
341128000624	108	New Milford High School	Public	9-12	330 River Road	New Milford	07646	Bergen County	New Milford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 262-0172	588	48	12.2	14.3%	255 (43.4%)	44 (7.5%)	171 (29.1%)	70 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.3%)	17 (2.9%)	$12,896			$405			$12,491	62	60.6	105	3
340075903196	109	BelovED Community Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	508 Grand Street	Jersey City	07302	Hudson County	BelovED Community Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 630-4700	1,551	100	15.5	76.9%	301 (19.4%)	454 (29.3%)	476 (30.7%)	256 (16.5%)	6 (0.4%)	4 (0.3%)	54 (3.5%)	$7,699			$817			$6,882	61.9			(n/a)
340357005458	110	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	1,095	99	11	1.5%	870 (79.5%)	34 (3.1%)	120 (11.0%)	40 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (2.8%)	$10,384						$10,384	61.8	50.3	152	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 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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Educational resources:

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Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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.