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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)
340849001096	131	Shawnee High School	Public	9-12	600 Tabernacle Road	Medford	08055	Burlington County	Lenape Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 654-7544	1,418	114	12.4	6.7%	1,165 (82.2%)	35 (2.5%)	122 (8.6%)	44 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (3.5%)	$11,884						$11,884	57.7	52.4	148	17
340849001092	132	Cherokee High School	Public	9-12	120 Tomlinson Mill Road	Marlton	08053	Burlington County	Lenape Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 983-5140	2,108	171	12.3	10.9%	1,475 (70.0%)	124 (5.9%)	185 (8.8%)	211 (10.0%)	5 (0.2%)	6 (0.3%)	100 (4.7%)	$11,792						$11,792	57.7	50	157	25
341242000688	133	Paramus High School	Public	9-12	99 East Century Road	Paramus	07652	Bergen County	Paramus Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 261-7800	1,125	108	10.4	12.9%	541 (48.1%)	29 (2.6%)	225 (20.0%)	293 (26.0%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	32 (2.8%)	$15,572						$15,572	57.5	63.4	103	30
340561003804	134	Marlboro High School	Public	9-12	95 North Main Street	Marlboro	07746	Monmouth County	Freehold Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 617-8393	1,742	111	15.6	7.0%	1,228 (70.5%)	32 (1.8%)	135 (7.7%)	304 (17.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (2.3%)	$9,633			$30			$9,603	57.3	62.6	106	28
340361001816	135	Cumberland County Technical Education Center	Public	9-12	3400 College Drive	Millville	08332	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Board of Vocational Education	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 451-9000	1,194	94	12.7	22.6%	557 (46.6%)	89 (7.5%)	478 (40.0%)	28 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	39 (3.3%)	$14,176			$662			$13,514	57.1	56.8	130	5
341248004430	136	Parsippany High School	Public	9-12	309 Baldwin Rd	Parsippany	07054	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 263-7001	937	95	9.8	23.8%	324 (34.6%)	40 (4.3%)	219 (23.4%)	321 (34.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (3.4%)	$12,402			$42			$12,360	56.6	65.4	98	38
340195004154	137	Boonton High School	Public	9-12	306 Lathrop Avenue	Boonton	07005	Morris County	Boonton Town Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 335-9700	656	60	10.9	27.7%	365 (55.6%)	41 (6.3%)	178 (27.1%)	58 (8.8%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.6%)	$12,531			$183			$12,348	56.6	58.4	123	14
341671005422	138	Vernon Township High School	Public	9-12	1832 Route 565	Vernon	07462	Sussex County	Vernon Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 764-2960	912	75	12.1	21.4%	682 (74.8%)	22 (2.4%)	168 (18.4%)	15 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (2.4%)	$13,232			$70			$13,162	56.6	36.3	234	96
341198004676	139	Ocean County Vocational Technical School Waretown Center	Public	9-12	423 Wells Mills Road	Waretown	08758	Ocean County	Ocean County Vocational Technical School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 286-5660	83	11	7.5	20.5%	58 (69.9%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (26.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	1 (1.2%)	$15,878			$1,425			$14,453	56.2	42.2	199	60
341446000810	140	Rutherford High School	Public	9-12	56 Elliott Pl	Rutherford	07070	Bergen County	Rutherford School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 438-7675	736	70	10.5	2.0%	384 (52.2%)	17 (2.3%)	189 (25.7%)	105 (14.3%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	35 (4.8%)	$11,187						$11,187	56.1	50.9	154	14

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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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