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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)
340498000410	71	Fair Lawn High School	Public	9-12	14 00 Berdan Avenue	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 794-5450	1,644	125	13.1	15.9%	933 (56.8%)	61 (3.7%)	355 (21.6%)	232 (14.1%)	10 (0.6%)	8 (0.5%)	41 (2.5%)	$8,865			$92			$8,773	73.5	70.1	71
341161003026	72	Voorhees High School	Public	9-12	256 County Route 513	Glen Gardner	08826	Hunterdon County	North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 638-6116	753	74	10.1	3.9%	641 (85.1%)	21 (2.8%)	61 (8.1%)	18 (2.4%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (1.1%)	$15,592			$61			$15,531	73.5	75.8	55	17
341356000724	73	Indian Hills High School	Public	9-12	97 Yawpo Ave	Oakland	07436	Bergen County	Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 337-0100	694	80	8.6	5.0%	563 (81.1%)	7 (1.0%)	80 (11.5%)	26 (3.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (2.3%)	$16,207			$69			$16,138	73	70.1	72	1
341050003438	74	Monroe Township High School	Public	9-12	200 Schoolhouse Road	Monroe Township	08831	Middlesex County	Monroe Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 521-2882	2,620	186	14	10.3%	960 (36.6%)	100 (3.8%)	337 (12.9%)	1,180 (45.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.2%)	37 (1.4%)	$13,410			$49			$13,361	72.5	68.5	82	8
340471000380	75	Emerson Junior Senior High	Public	7-12	131 Main Street	Emerson	07630	Bergen County	Emerson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 262-4447	446	46	9.6	9.0%	286 (64.1%)	8 (1.8%)	97 (21.7%)	37 (8.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	15 (3.4%)	$15,333			$60			$15,273	72.2	60	117	42
340252004166	76	Butler High School	Public	9-12	38 Bartholdi Avenue	Butler	07405	Morris County	Butler Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 492-2000	502	45	11.2	24.3%	323 (64.3%)	14 (2.8%)	145 (28.9%)	13 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	$20,105			$25			$20,080	71.8	53.2	143	67
340666004244	77	Hanover Park High School	Public	9-12	63 Mt Pleasant Avenue	East Hanover	07936	Morris County	Hanover Park Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 887-0300	713	72	9.8	2.4%	512 (71.8%)	42 (5.9%)	76 (10.7%)	80 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	$12,003			$223			$11,780	71.8	71.3	67	10
341728004966	78	Wayne Hills High School	Public	9-12	272 Berdan Avenue	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 317-2000	1,181	119	9.8	7.5%	823 (69.7%)	19 (1.6%)	160 (13.5%)	143 (12.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (2.9%)	$16,896			$277			$16,619	71.5	71.5	66	12
341074004354	79	Morris Knolls High School	Public	9-12	50 Knoll Drive	Denville	07866	Morris County	Morris Hills Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 664-2201	1,473	138	10.7	9.3%	914 (62.1%)	46 (3.1%)	331 (22.5%)	111 (7.5%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (4.5%)	$14,021			$223			$13,798	71.5	71.9	65	14
341248004432	80	Parsippany Hills High School	Public	9-12	20 Rita Drive	Morris Plains	07950	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 682-2815	1,021	103	9.9	15.6%	379 (37.1%)	40 (3.9%)	176 (17.2%)	381 (37.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.4%)	41 (4.0%)	$12,246			$35			$12,211	71	65	99	19

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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.