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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)
341146002882	351	North Bergen High School	Public	9-12	7417 Kennedy Blvd	North Bergen	07047	Hudson County	North Bergen School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 295-2800	2,355	162	14.5	50.5%	162 (6.9%)	18 (0.8%)	2,110 (89.6%)	55 (2.3%)	3 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	5 (0.2%)	$6,811						$6,811	17.2	21.3	323	28
341812003672	352	Woodbridge High School	Public	9-12	25 Samuel Lupo Place	Woodbridge	07095	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 602-8600	1,558	132	11.8	41.1%	519 (33.3%)	228 (14.6%)	612 (39.3%)	170 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (1.9%)	$8,691						$8,691	17.2	23.6	308	44
340007300531	353	University Academy Charter High School	Public, Charter	9-12	275 West Side Avenue	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	University Academy Charter High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 200-3200	432	33	13	63.0%	17 (3.9%)	273 (63.2%)	112 (25.9%)	30 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,934			$898			$12,036	16.7	14.1	375	22
340963005238	354	Manville High School	Public	9-12	1100 Brooks Boulevard	Manville	08835	Somerset County	Manville School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 231-6806	501	47	10.6	47.5%	192 (38.3%)	40 (8.0%)	256 (51.1%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	$10,806			$135			$10,671	16.7	20.9	326	28
340243000966	355	Burlington City High School	Public	7-12	100 Blue Devil Way	Burlington	08016	Burlington County	Burlington City Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 387-5800	813	76	10.7	51.4%	211 (26.0%)	386 (47.5%)	167 (20.5%)	20 (2.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.0%)	$20,674			$708			$19,966	16.6	17.2	355
341227002396	356	Orange High School	Public	9-12	400 Lincoln Ave	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4050	1,265	79	16	70.2%	4 (0.3%)	655 (51.8%)	599 (47.4%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$11,681			$190			$11,491	16.5	15.6	369	13
340077003291	357	Trenton Stem-to-Civics Charter School	Public, Charter	6-12	1555 Pennington Raod	Ewing	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Stem-to-Civics Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 619-2000	585	24	24.8	60.2%	3 (0.5%)	370 (63.2%)	192 (32.8%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.4%)	$8,463			$1,091			$7,372	16.3	14.5	370	13
341134002198	358	Malcolm X Shabazz High School	Public	9-12	80 Johnson Ave	Newark	07108	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-6974	272	28	9.7	77.9%	3 (1.1%)	218 (80.1%)	48 (17.6%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,251			$1,983			$14,268	15.8	9.2	408	50
341815002688	359	Woodbury Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	25 N. Broad Street	Woodbury	08096	Gloucester County	Woodbury City Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 853-0123	829	70	11.8	62.5%	174 (21.0%)	324 (39.1%)	252 (30.4%)	11 (1.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (7.5%)	$15,502			$1,059			$14,443	15.6	17	358	1
340135001954	360	Belleville High School	Public	9-12	100 Passaic Ave	Belleville	07109	Essex County	Belleville Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 969-4343	1,499	120	12.4	50.4%	168 (11.2%)	112 (7.5%)	1,078 (71.9%)	119 (7.9%)	5 (0.3%)	4 (0.3%)	13 (0.9%)								15.6	20.5	329	31

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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.