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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)
341647000557	251	Barnegat High School	Public	9-12	180 Bengal Blvd	Barnegat	08005	Ocean County	Barnegat Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 660-7510	997	83	11.9	34.5%	624 (62.6%)	90 (9.0%)	224 (22.5%)	24 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (3.5%)	$6,736			$1,003			$5,733	33	31.5	264	13
341008003426	252	Piscataway Magnet School	Public	8-12	21 Suttons Lane	Piscataway	08854	Middlesex County	Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 985-0717	640	64	10	40.9%	99 (15.5%)	80 (12.5%)	423 (66.1%)	36 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$10,965			$1,448			$9,517	32.7	26.9	292	40
340909001720	253	Lower Cape May Regional High School	Public	9-12	687 Rt 9	Cape May	08204	Cape May County	Lower Cape May Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 884-3475	723	61	11.7	41.1%	546 (75.5%)	44 (6.1%)	120 (16.6%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.0%)	$16,326			$317			$16,009	32.5	33.4	251	2
340076903036	254	South Hunterdon Regional High School	Public	7-12	301 Mt Airy Harbourton Rd	Lambertville	08530	Hunterdon County	South Hunterdon Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 397-2060	392	49	7.9	29.6%	251 (64.0%)	23 (5.9%)	98 (25.0%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.3%)	$13,989			$37			$13,952	32.5	42.3	198	56
340849000701	255	Seneca High School	Public	9-12	110 Carranza Road	Tabernacle	08088	Burlington County	Lenape Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 268-4600	1,037	101	10.2	14.4%	834 (80.4%)	17 (1.6%)	132 (12.7%)	7 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (4.1%)	$12,654			$86			$12,568	32.4	35.8	238	17
341134002188	256	Arts High School	Public	9-12	550 M L King Blvd	Newark	07102	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-7391	598	54	11.1	63.2%	40 (6.7%)	275 (46.0%)	280 (46.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$12,717			$621			$12,096	32.4	24.2	309	53
341812003668	257	Colonia High School	Public	9-12	East Street	Colonia	07067	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 726-7060	1,359	124	10.9	37.2%	538 (39.6%)	206 (15.2%)	355 (26.1%)	231 (17.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (2.1%)	$9,148						$9,148	32.2	29.7	279	22
340783003378	258	Innovation High School	Public	9-12	239 Bergen Avenue	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-1504	286			56.6%	54 (18.9%)	85 (29.7%)	84 (29.4%)	54 (18.9%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	5 (1.7%)	$9,809			$344			$9,465	32.2	31.1	266	8
340459003043	259	Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy	Public	9-12	310 Cherry St	Elizabeth	07208	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6100	1,022	61	16.8	79.5%	74 (7.2%)	99 (9.7%)	821 (80.3%)	26 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,044			$249			$8,795	32.1	35.1	241	18
340300001420	260	Cherry Hill High School West	Public	9-12	2101 Chapel Ave.	Cherry Hill	08034	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 663-8006	1,304	105	12.4	27.8%	625 (47.9%)	187 (14.3%)	319 (24.5%)	113 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	57 (4.4%)	$9,892			$228			$9,664	32	34.1	248	12

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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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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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.