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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)
341059005250	31	Montgomery High School	Public	9-12	1016 Route 601	Skillman	08558	Somerset County	Montgomery Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 466-7602	1,603	120	13.4	4.2%	537 (33.5%)	54 (3.4%)	109 (6.8%)	859 (53.6%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (0.7%)	29 (1.8%)	$13,405			$45			$13,360	85	85.1	31
341590005708	32	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	1,161	109	10.7	14.2%	697 (60.0%)	44 (3.8%)	246 (21.2%)	100 (8.6%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (6.1%)	$7,246			$27			$7,219	84.9	91.3	17	15
340411003294	33	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	2,036	160	12.6	21.5%	947 (46.5%)	111 (5.5%)	213 (10.5%)	713 (35.0%)	5 (0.2%)	7 (0.3%)	36 (1.8%)	$14,963						$14,963	84.3	57.5	122	89
341638003074	34	Jose Marti STEM Academy	Public	9-12	1800 Summit Ave	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-5400	664	55	12	76.2%	14 (2.1%)	5 (0.8%)	621 (93.5%)	23 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,231			$466			$11,765	84	76.7	52	18
341226000786	35	River Dell Regional High School	Public	9-12	55 Pyle Street	Oradell	07649	Bergen County	River Dell Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 599-7240	982	90	10.9	1.5%	569 (57.9%)	4 (0.4%)	118 (12.0%)	263 (26.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (2.9%)	$15,861			$256			$15,605	83.7	82.7	39	4
341383000764	36	Ridgewood High School	Public	9-12	627 East Ridgewood Ave	Ridgewood	07451	Bergen County	Ridgewood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 670-2800	1,746	139	12.5	2.1%	1,051 (60.2%)	22 (1.3%)	209 (12.0%)	332 (19.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	128 (7.3%)	$11,059			$13			$11,046	83.6	86.9	27	9
341755004552	37	West Morris Mendham High School	Public	9-12	65 East Main Street	Mendham	07945	Morris County	West Morris Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 543-2501	1,077	88	12.2	1.0%	791 (73.4%)	22 (2.0%)	151 (14.0%)	58 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (4.9%)	$12,763			$38			$12,725	83.3	84.3	33	4
341611000864	38	Tenafly High School	Public	9-12	19 Columbus Drive	Tenafly	07670	Bergen County	Tenafly Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 816-6614	1,200	103	11.6	2.7%	612 (51.0%)	15 (1.3%)	119 (9.9%)	401 (33.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (4.3%)	$11,703			$01			$11,702	83.2	81.4	42	4
341245000710	39	Park Ridge High School	Public	7-12	2 Park Ave	Park Ridge	07656	Bergen County	Park Ridge School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 573-6000	512	60	8.5	4.1%	379 (74.0%)	6 (1.2%)	88 (17.2%)	25 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	11 (2.1%)	$17,389			$20			$17,369	83.1	76.3	53	14
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	938	67	14	62.8%	98 (10.4%)	372 (39.7%)	445 (47.4%)	16 (1.7%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,449			$497			$10,952	82.8	83	36	4

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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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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.