Best High Schools in New Jersey for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in New Jersey!

Every year, the New Jersey Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 350)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
340783003121	1	Infinity Institute	Public	6-12	193 Old Bergen Road	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-1404	288	26	11	57.6%	77 (26.7%)	33 (11.5%)	42 (14.6%)	122 (42.4%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.4%)	9 (3.1%)	$9,826			$349			$9,477	99.7%	99.5%	0.18%
341227003506	2	STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges	Public	9-12	445 Scotland Road	South Orange	07079	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4190	168	16	10.8	78.6%	0 (0.0%)	90 (53.6%)	75 (44.6%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)								99.4%	96.7%	2.71%
340147000262	3	Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro	Public	9-12	504 Route 46 West	Teterboro	07608	Bergen County	Bergen County Vocational Technical School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 343-6000	676	66	10.2	8.9%	233 (34.5%)	59 (8.7%)	124 (18.3%)	252 (37.3%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,807						$17,807	99.1%	99.3%	0.15%
340783002778	4	Dr Ronald McNair High School	Public	9-12	123 Coles Street	Jersey City	07302	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 418-7617	698	45	15.4	34.0%	135 (19.3%)	97 (13.9%)	111 (15.9%)	304 (43.6%)	3 (0.4%)	9 (1.3%)	38 (5.4%)	$11,528			$339			$11,189	98.9%	97.4%	1.44%
340147003341	5	Applied Technology High School	Public	9-12	400 Paramus Road	Paramus	07652	Bergen County	Bergen County Vocational Technical School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 343-6000	324	18	18	14.5%	149 (46.0%)	20 (6.2%)	88 (27.2%)	63 (19.4%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,049						$17,049	98.6%	96.2%	2.33%
341072004348	6	Morris County School of Technology	Public	9-12	400 East Main Street	Denville	07834	Morris County	Morris County Vocational School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 627-4600	839	76	11.1	5.6%	376 (44.8%)	11 (1.3%)	125 (14.9%)	291 (34.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (4.2%)	$13,307			$971			$12,336	98.3%	95.8%	2.51%
341263003477	7	PCTI STEM Academy	Public	9-12	45 Reinhardt Road	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Passaic County Technical-Vocational School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 790-6000	885	81	10.9	34.0%	242 (27.3%)	63 (7.1%)	381 (43.1%)	174 (19.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	22 (2.5%)								98.0%	98.8%	0.83%
341638003074	8	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	588	58	10.1	73.6%	16 (2.7%)	3 (0.5%)	548 (93.2%)	20 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,231			$466			$11,765	97.7%	93.7%	4.05%
341134002200	9	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	970	70	13.9	64.3%	92 (9.5%)	350 (36.1%)	488 (50.3%)	23 (2.4%)	2 (0.2%)	9 (0.9%)	6 (0.6%)	$11,449			$497			$10,952	97.4%	90.6%	6.82%
340757002766	10	High Technical High School	Public	9-12	One High Tech Way	Secaucus	07094	Hudson County	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 662-6801	842	95	8.8	34.0%	222 (26.4%)	55 (6.5%)	373 (44.3%)	141 (16.7%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.6%)	42 (5.0%)	$11,480			$1,673			$9,807	97.1%	90.1%	7.00%

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.