Bound Brook High School

Summary:

Bound Brook High School is a public high school serving 677 students in grades 9-12 in Bound Brook, New Jersey, which is part of the Bound Brook School District. The school faces significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance, high rates of chronic absenteeism, and a student population that is predominantly Hispanic (73.12%) and from low-income families.

Bound Brook High School consistently ranks in the bottom third of New Jersey high schools, with a 1 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates on standardized tests are significantly lower than the state averages across all subject areas and grade levels. For example, in 2022-2023, only 41.6% of 9th-grade students were proficient in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 52.1%. The school's four-year graduation rate is around 80%, which is lower than the state average, and its dropout rate has been higher than the state average in recent years.

When compared to nearby high schools, such as Piscataway Township High School, Bound Brook High School generally underperforms. Piscataway Township High School, which is located just a few miles away, has significantly higher academic performance, with higher proficiency rates, a higher graduation rate, and a lower dropout rate. Additionally, Bound Brook High School's spending per student ($9,392 in 2018-2019) is lower than the state average, which may be a contributing factor to the school's challenges.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 111 West Union Avenue
       Bound Brook, NJ  08805


(732) 652-7950

District: Bound Brook School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
330th of 422 New Jersey High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,392 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  13.5 Help
Number of students:  677

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
73.1%
White:
13.0%
African American:
10.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  67.4% Help


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Compare Details Bound Brook High School ranks worse than 78.2% of high schools in New Jersey. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.41. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Bound Brook High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (73.1%), White (13%), African American (10.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 67.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bound Brook High School is 13.5. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bound Brook High School is $9,392.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Bound Brook High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Bound Brook High School 330th of 422 New Jersey public high schools. (See Bound Brook High School in the ranking list.)

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Bound Brook School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Bound Brook School District 530th of 615 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Bound Brook High School

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Rank History for all students at Bound Brook High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 25.63 276th 343 19.5%
2004 19.90 298th 348 14.4%
2005 19.46 300th 351 14.5%
2006 18.01 305th 357 14.6%
2007 28.65 288th 361 20.2%
2008 19.30 307th 359 14.5%
2009 30.13 297th 370 19.7%
2010 22.26 315th 371 15.1%
2011 20.47 322nd 378 14.8%
2012 33.25 306th 388 21.1%
2013 34.63 308th 396 22.2%
2014 28.97 337th 411 18.0%
2015 19.68 356th 406 12.3%
2016 28.52 295th 409 27.9%
2017 26.15 308th 411 25.1%
2018 21.82 338th 415 18.6%
2019 15.13 353rd 416 15.1%
2021 11.92 376th 405 7.2%
2022 16.99 357th 415 14.0%
2023 20.41 330th 422 21.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Bound Brook High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.54 121st 146 17.1%
2019 23.70 124th 138 10.1%
2022 36.75 66th 137 51.8%
2023 27.70 127th 161 21.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Bound Brook High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.82 324th 355 8.7%
2019 20.73 300th 349 14.0%
2021 13.61 330th 333 0.9%
2022 25.46 279th 344 18.9%
2023 12.16 334th 339 1.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Bound Brook High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.33 240th 345 30.4%
2019 25.25 275th 347 20.7%
2021 26.67 269th 326 17.5%
2022 28.61 231st 324 28.7%
2023 31.04 238th 344 30.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Bound Brook High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.86 333rd 403 17.4%
2019 16.60 337th 408 17.4%
2021 13.03 368th 402 8.5%
2022 20.31 325th 414 21.5%
2023 21.31 314th 416 24.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Bound Brook High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.99 339th 405 16.3%
2019 13.44 351st 407 13.8%
2021 13.28 377th 402 6.2%
2022 14.07 358th 410 12.7%
2023 24.01 290th 414 30.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Bound Brook High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.65 172nd 266 35.3%
2019 31.03 175th 254 31.1%
2021 23.47 217th 247 12.1%
2022 18.93 236th 256 7.8%
2023 41.28 118th 250 52.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Bound Brook High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.17 303rd 368 17.7%
2019 19.52 314th 364 13.7%
2021 17.16 353rd 374 5.6%
2022 26.64 278th 382 27.2%
2023 27.91 274th 385 28.8%
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Rank History for White students at Bound Brook High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.50 200th 340 41.2%
2019 22.75 262nd 339 22.7%
2021 14.26 312th 336 7.1%
2022 14.90 302nd 335 9.9%
2023 30.77 211th 335 37.0%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: New Jersey Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Bound Brook High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 596 26 30 67 0 n/a n/a 0 719
1989 526 23 41 86 0 n/a n/a 0 676
1990 475 25 36 85 0 n/a n/a 0 621
1991 428 28 25 116 0 n/a n/a 0 597
1992 409 31 28 122 0 n/a n/a 0 590
1993 395 35 31 118 0 n/a n/a 0 579
1994 365 38 33 146 0 n/a n/a 0 582
1995 359 36 34 147 0 n/a n/a 0 576
1996 359 36 34 147 0 n/a n/a 0 576
1998 367 41 31 195 0 n/a n/a 0 634
1999 359 43 36 213 0 n/a n/a 0 651
2000 341 36 28 223 0 n/a n/a 0 628
2001 319 32 34 309 0 n/a n/a 0 694
2002 278 29 36 379 0 n/a n/a 0 722
2003 278 29 36 379 0 n/a n/a 0 722
2004 261 34 29 426 0 n/a n/a 0 750
2005 273 43 19 407 0 n/a n/a 0 742
2006 247 64 16 399 1 n/a n/a 0 727
2007 166 40 12 257 0 n/a n/a 0 475
2008 155 47 13 284 0 n/a n/a 0 499
2009 154 50 11 290 0 0 0 0 505
2010 149 51 13 296 1 0 0 0 510
2011 141 48 15 279 0 1 2 0 486
2012 125 56 15 276 0 2 3 0 477
2013 116 58 14 305 0 2 4 0 499
2014 116 73 14 319 0 2 3 0 527
2015 115 70 10 352 0 1 3 0 551
2016 112 77 10 362 0 1 3 0 565
2017 123 87 8 381 0 1 6 0 606
2018 106 84 9 393 0 1 8 0 601
2019 98 88 9 391 1 2 8 0 597
2020 86 87 10 426 0 1 9 0 619
2021 88 88 11 456 1 1 7 0 652
2022 86 77 13 498 1 2 8 0 685
2023 88 69 12 495 1 3 9 0 677

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Bound Brook High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 719 53.0 13.5 n/a
1989 676 54.0 12.5 n/a
1990 621 51.0 12.1 2.3
1991 597 51.0 11.7 5.2
1992 590 50.0 11.8 4.2
1993 579 51.1 11.3 11.1
1994 582 49.9 11.7 20.1
1995 576 50.1 11.5 17
1996 576 50.1 11.5 17
1998 634 48.5 13.1 20.5
1999 651 52.3 12.4 22
2000 628 51.2 12.2 24.5
2001 694 53.3 13.0 29.5
2002 722 52.9 13.6 30.7
2003 722 52.9 13.6 30.7
2004 750 52.4 14.3 40.1
2005 742 55.8 13.3 n/a
2006 727 62.3 11.7 39.1
2007 475 42.2 11.3 39.2
2008 499 34.0 14.7 46.9
2009 505 40.2 10.9 47.1
2010 510 36.0 14.1 47.3
2011 486 32.4 15.0 53.9
2012 477 37.6 12.6 58.3
2013 499 39.9 12.5 61.1
2014 527 41.4 12.7 66.2
2015 551 41.0 13.4 63.2
2016 565 43.0 13.1 68.3
2017 606 44.4 13.6 62
2018 601 45.6 13.1 43.9
2019 597 47.0 12.7 62.6
2020 619 49.5 12.5 64.5
2021 652 48.5 13.4 64
2022 685 47.0 14.5 56.8
2023 677 50.0 13.5 67.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Bound Brook High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 719 53.0 13.5 n/a
1989 676 54.0 12.5 n/a
1990 621 51.0 12.1 2.3
1991 597 51.0 11.7 5.2
1992 590 50.0 11.8 4.2
1993 579 51.1 11.3 11.1
1994 582 49.9 11.7 20.1
1995 576 50.1 11.5 17
1996 576 50.1 11.5 17
1998 634 48.5 13.1 20.5
1999 651 52.3 12.4 22
2000 628 51.2 12.2 24.5
2001 694 53.3 13.0 29.5
2002 722 52.9 13.6 30.7
2003 722 52.9 13.6 30.7
2004 750 52.4 14.3 40.1
2005 742 55.8 13.3 n/a
2006 727 62.3 11.7 39.1
2007 475 42.2 11.3 39.2
2008 499 34.0 14.7 46.9
2009 505 40.2 10.9 47.1
2010 510 36.0 14.1 47.3
2011 486 32.4 15.0 53.9
2012 477 37.6 12.6 58.3
2013 499 39.9 12.5 61.1
2014 527 41.4 12.7 66.2
2015 551 41.0 13.4 63.2
2016 565 43.0 13.1 68.3
2017 606 44.4 13.6 62
2018 601 45.6 13.1 43.9
2019 597 47.0 12.7 62.6
2020 619 49.5 12.5 64.5
2021 652 48.5 13.4 64
2022 685 47.0 14.5 56.8
2023 677 50.0 13.5 67.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Bound Brook High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $15 (0.2%) $9,377 (99.8%) $9,392

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Bound Brook High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 353rd of 416 High schoolsRanks 330th of 422 High schools
 6.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
9th Grade English Language Arts (Bound Brook High School)33.341.6
 8.3%
   9th Grade English Language Arts (Bound Brook School District)33.141.6
 8.5%
   9th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)55.952.1
 3.8%
9th Grade Algebra I (Bound Brook High School)9.66.1
 3.5%
   9th Grade Algebra I (Bound Brook School District)9.66.1
 3.5%
   9th Grade Algebra I (New Jersey)27.219.2
 8%
End of Course Algebra I (Bound Brook High School)8.16.1
 2%
   End of Course Algebra I (Bound Brook School District)16.815.6
 1.2%
   End of Course Algebra I (New Jersey)43.335.1
 8.2%
End of Course Geometry (Bound Brook High School)29.625.7
 3.9%
   End of Course Geometry (Bound Brook School District)29.625.7
 3.9%
   End of Course Geometry (New Jersey)32.251.2
 19%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students597677
 13.4%
African American8869
 21.6%
American Indian11
Asian912
 33.3%
Hispanic391495
 26.6%
Pacific Islander23
 50%
White9888
 10.2%
Two or More Races89
 12.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients62.6%67.4%
 4.7%


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Students at Bound Brook High School are 73% Hispanic, 13% White, 10% African American, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more races.

Bound Brook High School ranks in the bottom 21.8% of New Jersey high schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 677 students attended Bound Brook High School.


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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.

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