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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)
340411003294	31	East Brunswick High School	Public	10-12	380 Cranbury Road	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	East Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 613-6904	2,104	168	12.5	20.3%	988 (47.0%)	127 (6.0%)	225 (10.7%)	711 (33.8%)	4 (0.2%)	5 (0.2%)	43 (2.0%)	$14,963						$14,963	85.1	84.3	33	2
340597000484	32	Glen Rock High School	Public	9-12	400 Hamilton Avenue	Glen Rock	07452	Bergen County	Glen Rock Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 445-7700	742	70	10.5	0.4%	532 (71.7%)	6 (0.8%)	49 (6.6%)	127 (17.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.8%)	$15,807			$28			$15,779	84.7	73	63	31
341590005708	33	Summit High School	Public	9-12	125 Kent Place Blvd	Summit	07901	Union County	Summit Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 273-1494	1,176	107	10.9	17.3%	686 (58.3%)	51 (4.3%)	279 (23.7%)	92 (7.8%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (5.4%)	$7,246			$27			$7,219	84.5	84.9	32	1
341072000522	34	Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering	Public	9-12	520 West Main Street	Rockaway	07866	Morris County	Morris County Vocational School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 664-2301	180				20 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	150 (83.3%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.3%)	$12,298			$28			$12,270	84.4	87.1	25	9
341008000395	34	Edison Academy Magnet School	Public	9-12	100 Technology Drive	Edison	08837	Middlesex County	Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 452-2600	175	11	16.6	1.7%	8 (4.6%)	2 (1.1%)	7 (4.0%)	156 (89.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$11,783			$322			$11,461	84.4	87.1	25	9
340882002126	36	Livingston High School	Public	9-12	30 Robert Harp Drive	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 535-8000	2,081	189	11	2.0%	1,090 (52.4%)	90 (4.3%)	103 (4.9%)	731 (35.1%)	3 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	60 (2.9%)	$12,895			$72			$12,823	83.8	79.6	46	10
341359000730	37	Ramsey High School	Public	9-12	256 E Main Street	Ramsey	07446	Bergen County	Ramsey School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 785-2300	773	78	9.9	4.9%	598 (77.4%)	10 (1.3%)	81 (10.5%)	64 (8.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.2%)	$13,739						$13,739	83.6	70.5	69	32
341804005738	38	Union County Technical	Public	9-12	1776 Raritan Rd	Scotch Plains	07076	Union County	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 889-8288	507	24	21.3	9.1%	187 (36.9%)	85 (16.8%)	159 (31.4%)	51 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	22 (4.3%)	$6,462			$23			$6,439	83.4	94.9	6	32
341131005592	39	New Providence High School	Public	9-12	35 Pioneer Dr	New Providence	07974	Union County	New Providence School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 464-4700	635	65	9.7	1.4%	447 (70.4%)	13 (2.0%)	83 (13.1%)	79 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.9%)	$12,987			$411			$12,576	83.4	82	42	3
341134002200	40	Science Park High School	Public	7-12	260 Norfolk Street	Newark	07102	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-8689	970	70	13.9	64.3%	92 (9.5%)	350 (36.1%)	488 (50.3%)	23 (2.4%)	2 (0.2%)	9 (0.9%)	6 (0.6%)	$11,449			$497			$10,952	82.8	82.8	40

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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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