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Delaware Valley Regional High School is a public high school located in Frenchtown, New Jersey, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 722 students. The school is part of the Delaware Valley Regional High School District, which is ranked 314 out of 613 districts in New Jersey and is rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.
Delaware Valley Regional High School has consistently ranked in the top half of New Jersey high schools, with a ranking between 107 and 235 over the past 10 years. The school's performance on NJSLA/PARCC assessments is generally above the state average, particularly in English Language Arts (ELA) where the school has outperformed the state by a significant margin in recent years. In mathematics, the school's performance is more mixed, with lower proficiency rates in Algebra I compared to the state average, but stronger performance in Geometry. The school's science proficiency rates are also above the state average, with 31.3% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in 2023-2024. Additionally, the school has maintained a strong four-year graduation rate, ranging from 90.9% to 96.3% over the past few years, and a relatively low dropout rate, ranging from 0.4% to 1.2% in recent years.
When compared to nearby high schools, such as South Hunterdon Regional High School, Phillipsburg High School, and Voorhees High School, Delaware Valley Regional High School generally performs on par or slightly better in terms of academic achievement, graduation rates, and student-teacher ratios. However, the school's performance lags behind some of the higher-performing nearby schools, such as Voorhees High School and Hunterdon Central Regional High School, which are ranked among the top 125 high schools in New Jersey. The school's spending per student of $19,558 in 2018-2019 is higher than the state average, which may contribute to its academic success, but the school's fluctuating chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 6.5% to 18.1%, suggest that attendance and engagement may be an area of focus for the school.
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