Hillsborough High School

Summary:

Hillsborough High School is a public high school located in Hillsborough, New Jersey, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,368 students. The school is part of the Hillsborough Township Public School District, which is ranked 71 out of 613 districts in New Jersey and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hillsborough High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in New Jersey, currently ranked 69th out of 426 high schools in the state for the 2023-2024 school year. The school has maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years, indicating strong academic performance. Hillsborough High School also performs exceptionally well across various student subgroups, ranking 19th out of 260 high schools in New Jersey for African American students, 48th out of 174 high schools for Asian students, and 55th out of 349 high schools for special education students, all with 4 or 5-star ratings.

While Hillsborough High School generally performs well, the school has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism rates, from 5.9% in 2021-2022 to 16.6% in 2022-2023. This is an area that the school may need to address to maintain its high level of academic achievement. Compared to nearby schools, such as Bound Brook High School, which ranks 355th out of 426 high schools in New Jersey, Hillsborough High School significantly outperforms in academic metrics, including test scores and graduation rates.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 466 Raider Boulevard
       Hillsborough, NJ  08844


(908) 431-6600

District: Hillsborough Township Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
69th of 426 New Jersey High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,277 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  13.7 Help
Number of students:  2,385

Racial breakdown:

White:
48.7%
Asian:
31.5%
Hispanic:
11.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  10.3% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Hillsborough High School ranks better than 83.8% of high schools in New Jersey. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 74.6. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Hillsborough High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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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 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: White (48.7%), Asian (31.5%), Hispanic (11.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 10.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Hillsborough High School is 13.7. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Hillsborough High School is $7,277.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Hillsborough High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Hillsborough High School 69th of 426 New Jersey public high schools. (See Hillsborough High School in the ranking list.)

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Hillsborough Township Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Hillsborough Township Public School District 71st of 613 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Hillsborough High School

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Rank History for all students at Hillsborough High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 76.28 78th 343 77.3%
2004 72.00 105th 348 69.8%
2005 78.75 67th 351 80.9%
2006 76.19 81st 357 77.3%
2007 79.29 63rd 361 82.5%
2008 79.61 57th 359 84.1%
2009 79.65 57th 370 84.6%
2010 79.63 57th 371 84.6%
2011 77.41 69th 378 81.7%
2012 76.42 73rd 388 81.2%
2013 74.62 91st 396 77.0%
2014 76.26 70th 411 83.0%
2015 50.45 135th 406 66.7%
2016 66.14 73rd 409 82.2%
2017 69.89 67th 411 83.7%
2018 70.49 69th 415 83.4%
2019 73.37 66th 416 84.1%
2021 75.91 49th 405 87.9%
2022 73.17 61st 415 85.3%
2023 67.28 89th 422 78.9%
2024 74.60 69th 426 83.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Hillsborough High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 55.16 38th 161 76.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Hillsborough High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.37 38th 355 89.3%
2019 74.11 57th 349 83.7%
2021 74.08 41st 333 87.7%
2022 48.81 120th 344 65.1%
2023 75.80 29th 339 91.4%
2024 70.99 55th 349 84.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Hillsborough High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.51 66th 345 80.9%
2019 71.07 53rd 347 84.7%
2021 62.83 54th 326 83.4%
2022 61.48 63rd 324 80.6%
2023 50.26 99th 344 71.2%
2024 69.44 38th 350 89.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Hillsborough High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.52 74th 403 81.6%
2019 74.37 62nd 408 84.8%
2021 76.74 50th 402 87.6%
2022 68.27 69th 414 83.3%
2023 69.08 61st 416 85.3%
2024 72.02 61st 416 85.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Hillsborough High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.48 70th 405 82.7%
2019 71.15 71st 407 82.6%
2021 75.31 52nd 402 87.1%
2022 71.31 65th 410 84.1%
2023 75.50 59th 414 85.7%
2024 73.57 51st 415 87.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Hillsborough High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.80 63rd 198 68.2%
2019 65.13 46th 191 75.9%
2021 60.84 49th 165 70.3%
2022 65.80 42nd 175 76.0%
2023 63.27 48th 172 72.1%
2024 63.84 48th 174 72.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Hillsborough High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.66 87th 266 67.3%
2019 83.73 17th 254 93.3%
2021 79.04 27th 247 89.1%
2022 53.52 73rd 256 71.5%
2023 58.44 55th 250 78.0%
2024 78.47 19th 260 92.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Hillsborough High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.79 84th 368 77.2%
2019 57.17 118th 364 67.6%
2021 67.40 69th 374 81.6%
2022 66.04 71st 382 81.4%
2023 53.34 132nd 385 65.7%
2024 71.35 67th 394 83.0%
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Rank History for White students at Hillsborough High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.91 93rd 340 72.6%
2019 60.78 80th 339 76.4%
2021 59.71 64th 336 81.0%
2022 52.68 106th 335 68.4%
2023 50.45 124th 335 63.0%
2024 65.40 72nd 337 78.6%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: New Jersey Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Hillsborough High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1159 46 40 14 2 n/a n/a 0 1261
1989 1109 46 54 28 3 n/a n/a 0 1240
1990 1100 51 50 23 2 n/a n/a 0 1226
1991 1082 49 54 28 5 n/a n/a 0 1218
1992 1074 52 88 33 2 n/a n/a 0 1249
1993 1113 58 95 40 1 n/a n/a 0 1307
1994 1135 54 88 40 0 n/a n/a 0 1317
1995 1261 79 100 44 0 n/a n/a 0 1484
1996 1261 79 100 44 0 n/a n/a 0 1484
1998 1315 84 81 50 31 n/a n/a 0 1561
1999 1374 69 125 61 1 n/a n/a 0 1630
2000 1409 71 145 46 1 n/a n/a 0 1672
2001 1447 75 152 72 1 n/a n/a 0 1747
2002 1733 95 181 109 0 n/a n/a 0 2118
2003 1733 95 181 109 0 n/a n/a 0 2118
2004 1754 110 199 133 0 n/a n/a 0 2196
2005 1901 117 207 128 0 n/a n/a 0 2353
2006 1921 112 219 138 0 n/a n/a 0 2390
2007 1849 108 230 148 0 n/a n/a 0 2335
2008 1825 110 236 141 0 n/a n/a 0 2312
2009 1843 124 279 149 0 7 0 0 2402
2010 1840 128 260 148 0 7 0 0 2383
2011 1867 121 268 156 0 7 0 0 2419
2012 1857 110 306 144 0 4 0 0 2421
2013 1789 114 312 141 0 3 1 0 2360
2014 1690 118 351 141 0 2 1 0 2303
2015 1624 126 388 147 0 5 0 0 2290
2016 1554 125 416 162 0 5 1 0 2263
2017 1522 122 451 175 0 5 2 0 2277
2018 1513 128 494 180 0 8 4 0 2327
2019 1434 114 566 185 0 7 3 0 2309
2020 1388 107 619 212 0 7 5 0 2338
2021 1307 112 656 222 1 10 10 0 2318
2022 1260 133 698 237 1 8 14 0 2351
2023 1196 141 719 277 6 10 16 3 2368
2024 1162 144 751 282 8 10 24 4 2385

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 Hillsborough High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1261 94.0 13.4 n/a
1989 1240 99.0 12.5 n/a
1990 1226 97.0 12.6 0.2
1991 1218 98.0 12.4 0.3
1992 1249 94.0 13.2 0.7
1993 1307 99.7 13.1 1.4
1994 1317 104.0 12.7 1.1
1995 1484 112.1 13.2 1.5
1996 1484 112.1 13.2 1.5
1998 1561 115.9 13.5 2.3
1999 1630 119.1 13.7 2
2000 1672 127.4 13.1 2.7
2001 1747 130.2 13.4 1.4
2002 2118 149.6 14.2 3.6
2003 2118 149.6 14.2 3.6
2004 2196 160.8 13.7 3
2005 2353 165.8 14.2 n/a
2006 2390 168.2 14.2 4.1
2007 2335 174.0 13.4 3.1
2008 2312 149.0 15.5 4.1
2009 2402 165.0 12.5 4.9
2010 2383 157.0 15.1 5.7
2011 2419 150.1 16.1 6.7
2012 2421 183.7 13.1 6
2013 2360 189.7 12.4 6.4
2014 2303 191.6 12.0 7.8
2015 2290 193.0 11.8 7.4
2016 2263 188.0 12.0 7.2
2017 2277 185.0 12.3 6.9
2018 2327 184.0 12.6 7.6
2019 2309 181.0 12.7 8.3
2020 2338 172.0 13.5 8.3
2021 2318 173.0 13.3 7.9
2022 2351 171.0 13.7 6.8
2023 2368 169.0 14.0 8.8
2024 2385 173.0 13.7 10.3

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 Hillsborough High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1261 94.0 13.4 n/a
1989 1240 99.0 12.5 n/a
1990 1226 97.0 12.6 0.2
1991 1218 98.0 12.4 0.3
1992 1249 94.0 13.2 0.7
1993 1307 99.7 13.1 1.4
1994 1317 104.0 12.7 1.1
1995 1484 112.1 13.2 1.5
1996 1484 112.1 13.2 1.5
1998 1561 115.9 13.5 2.3
1999 1630 119.1 13.7 2
2000 1672 127.4 13.1 2.7
2001 1747 130.2 13.4 1.4
2002 2118 149.6 14.2 3.6
2003 2118 149.6 14.2 3.6
2004 2196 160.8 13.7 3
2005 2353 165.8 14.2 n/a
2006 2390 168.2 14.2 4.1
2007 2335 174.0 13.4 3.1
2008 2312 149.0 15.5 4.1
2009 2402 165.0 12.5 4.9
2010 2383 157.0 15.1 5.7
2011 2419 150.1 16.1 6.7
2012 2421 183.7 13.1 6
2013 2360 189.7 12.4 6.4
2014 2303 191.6 12.0 7.8
2015 2290 193.0 11.8 7.4
2016 2263 188.0 12.0 7.2
2017 2277 185.0 12.3 6.9
2018 2327 184.0 12.6 7.6
2019 2309 181.0 12.7 8.3
2020 2338 172.0 13.5 8.3
2021 2318 173.0 13.3 7.9
2022 2351 171.0 13.7 6.8
2023 2368 169.0 14.0 8.8
2024 2385 173.0 13.7 10.3

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 Hillsborough High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $7,277

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Hillsborough High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 66th of 416 High schoolsRanks 89th of 422 High schools
 5.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
9th Grade English Language Arts (Hillsborough High School)75.466.7
 8.7%
   9th Grade English Language Arts (Hillsborough Township Public School District)75.466.6
 8.8%
   9th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)55.952.1
 3.8%
9th Grade Algebra I (Hillsborough High School)49.124
 25.1%
   9th Grade Algebra I (Hillsborough Township Public School District)49.124
 25.1%
   9th Grade Algebra I (New Jersey)27.219.2
 8%
9th Grade Geometry (Hillsborough High School)8471.5
 12.5%
   9th Grade Geometry (Hillsborough Township Public School District)8471.5
 12.5%
   9th Grade Geometry (New Jersey)59.150
 9.1%
9th Grade Algebra II (Hillsborough High School)98.693.7
 4.9%
   9th Grade Algebra II (Hillsborough Township Public School District)98.693.7
 4.9%
   9th Grade Algebra II (New Jersey)77.665.8
 11.8%
End of Course Algebra I (Hillsborough High School)47.724
 23.7%
   End of Course Algebra I (Hillsborough Township Public School District)7155.4
 15.6%
   End of Course Algebra I (New Jersey)43.335.1
 8.2%
End of Course Geometry (Hillsborough High School)52.871.1
 18.3%
   End of Course Geometry (Hillsborough Township Public School District)56.477.3
 20.9%
   End of Course Geometry (New Jersey)32.251.2
 19%
End of Course Algebra II (Hillsborough High School)75.393.7
 18.4%
   End of Course Algebra II (Hillsborough Township Public School District)75.393.7
 18.4%
   End of Course Algebra II (New Jersey)56.361.7
 5.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students23092368
 2.6%
African American114141
 23.7%
American Indian06
Asian566719
 27%
Hispanic185277
 49.7%
Pacific Islander710
 42.9%
White14341196
 16.6%
Two or More Races316
 433.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients8.3%8.8%
 0.6%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 2,385 students attended Hillsborough High School.

Hillsborough High School ranks 69th of 426 New Jersey high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Hillsborough High School are 49% White, 31% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 6% African American, 1% Two or more races.


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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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