Fair Lawn High School

Summary:

Fair Lawn High School is a public high school serving 1,624 students in grades 9-12 in the Fair Lawn Public School District. The school has consistently ranked among the top 71 high schools in New Jersey, earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, and the district as a whole is highly ranked at 82 out of 613 districts in the state.

Fair Lawn High School demonstrates strong academic performance, with significantly higher proficiency rates compared to the state average in English Language Arts, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II. The school also excels in supporting the academic achievement of diverse student subgroups, ranking among the top 10% of New Jersey high schools for African American students and the top 25% for Hispanic students. Additionally, the school maintains impressive graduation rates of over 90% and very low dropout rates consistently below 1.2%.

When compared to nearby high schools, Fair Lawn High School stands out as a top-performing institution. For example, while Fair Lawn High School excels in academic proficiency, nearby schools like Paterson P-Technical High School and Eastside High School struggle, with proficiency rates well below the state average. Fair Lawn High School has also maintained its strong academic performance and high rankings over an extended period, suggesting the school's ability to consistently provide a high-quality education to its diverse student population.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 14 00 Berdan Avenue
       Fair Lawn, NJ  07410


(201) 794-5450

District: Fair Lawn Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
71st of 426 New Jersey High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,865 Help


Feeder schools for Fair Lawn High School:

Elementary:    Henry B. Milnes Elementary School
    John A. Forrest Elementary School
    Lyncrest Elementary School
    Radburn Elementary School
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Middle:    Thomas Jefferson Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.1 Help
Number of students:  1,644

Racial breakdown:

White:
56.8%
Hispanic:
21.6%
Asian:
14.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  15.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Fair Lawn High School ranks better than 83.3% of high schools in New Jersey. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 73.51. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Fair Lawn 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 Student population at Fair Lawn High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (56.8%), Hispanic (21.6%), Asian (14.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 15.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Fair Lawn High School is 13.1. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fair Lawn High School is $8,865.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Fair Lawn High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Fair Lawn High School 71st of 426 New Jersey public high schools. (See Fair Lawn High School in the ranking list.)

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Fair Lawn Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Fair Lawn Public School District 82nd of 613 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Fair Lawn High School

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Rank History for all students at Fair Lawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 75.09 88th 343 74.3%
2004 76.91 69th 348 80.2%
2005 77.36 72nd 351 79.5%
2006 69.80 122nd 357 65.8%
2007 69.92 122nd 361 66.2%
2008 70.97 122nd 359 66.0%
2009 74.49 96th 370 74.1%
2010 78.88 62nd 371 83.3%
2011 76.88 74th 378 80.4%
2012 75.90 79th 388 79.6%
2013 73.62 98th 396 75.3%
2014 73.10 108th 411 73.7%
2015 59.81 89th 406 78.1%
2016 69.06 53rd 409 87.0%
2017 75.65 47th 411 88.6%
2018 77.20 48th 415 88.4%
2019 78.80 49th 416 88.2%
2021 74.77 55th 405 86.4%
2022 74.29 57th 415 86.3%
2023 70.10 71st 422 83.2%
2024 73.51 71st 426 83.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Fair Lawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 99.46 3rd 146 97.9%
2019 96.23 8th 138 94.2%
2021 93.87 4th 101 96.0%
2022 89.94 8th 137 94.2%
2023 84.83 12th 161 92.5%
2024 63.49 38th 179 78.8%
See the entire list of Best New Jersey High Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Fair Lawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.40 15th 355 95.8%
2019 81.95 40th 349 88.5%
2021 71.03 48th 333 85.6%
2022 67.51 56th 344 83.7%
2023 68.44 52nd 339 84.7%
2024 80.56 34th 349 90.3%
See the entire list of Best New Jersey High Schools for Special Education Students!

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Fair Lawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.64 21st 345 93.9%
2019 83.57 22nd 347 93.7%
2021 89.15 13th 326 96.0%
2022 67.06 41st 324 87.3%
2023 81.81 22nd 344 93.6%
2024 77.77 23rd 350 93.4%
See the entire list of Best New Jersey High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Fair Lawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.75 63rd 403 84.4%
2019 76.85 54th 408 86.8%
2021 73.25 66th 402 83.6%
2022 73.10 57th 414 86.2%
2023 66.93 71st 416 82.9%
2024 71.85 63rd 416 84.9%
See the entire list of Best New Jersey High Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Male students at Fair Lawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.92 54th 405 86.7%
2019 72.67 66th 407 83.8%
2021 69.86 70th 402 82.6%
2022 72.05 62nd 410 84.9%
2023 64.70 94th 414 77.3%
2024 71.70 57th 415 86.3%
See the entire list of Best New Jersey High Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for Asian students at Fair Lawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.37 45th 198 77.3%
2019 58.31 69th 191 63.9%
2021 57.76 58th 165 64.8%
2022 60.46 53rd 175 69.7%
2023 54.96 69th 172 59.9%
2024 61.70 53rd 174 69.5%
See the entire list of Best New Jersey High Schools for Asian Students!

Rank History for African American students at Fair Lawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 96.17 9th 266 96.6%
2021 88.28 16th 247 93.5%
2022 76.88 25th 256 90.2%
2023 66.41 35th 250 86.0%
2024 92.05 9th 260 96.5%
See the entire list of Best New Jersey High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Fair Lawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.81 45th 368 87.8%
2019 82.72 35th 364 90.4%
2021 83.11 31st 374 91.7%
2022 67.09 68th 382 82.2%
2023 69.31 64th 385 83.4%
2024 75.34 57th 394 85.5%
See the entire list of Best New Jersey High Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Fair Lawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.54 51st 340 85.0%
2019 69.01 56th 339 83.5%
2021 62.89 56th 336 83.3%
2022 67.34 56th 335 83.3%
2023 59.75 85th 335 74.6%
2024 59.54 100th 337 70.3%
See the entire list of Best New Jersey High Schools for White Students!

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.

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Data source: New Jersey Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Fair Lawn High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1117 2 32 17 3 n/a n/a 0 1171
1989 1086 3 36 17 2 n/a n/a 0 1144
1990 1065 8 28 28 0 n/a n/a 0 1129
1991 1072 8 47 47 0 n/a n/a 0 1174
1992 1077 6 52 56 1 n/a n/a 0 1192
1993 1107 14 47 48 1 n/a n/a 0 1217
1994 1170 18 50 46 1 n/a n/a 0 1285
1995 1166 11 74 63 0 n/a n/a 0 1314
1996 1166 11 74 63 0 n/a n/a 0 1314
1998 1198 19 75 79 0 n/a n/a 0 1371
1999 1201 12 68 71 0 n/a n/a 0 1352
2000 1285 11 71 63 0 n/a n/a -1 1429
2001 1230 11 85 78 0 n/a n/a 0 1404
2002 1252 16 108 110 0 n/a n/a 0 1486
2003 1252 16 108 110 0 n/a n/a 0 1486
2004 1233 13 106 130 3 n/a n/a 0 1485
2005 1209 23 109 131 3 n/a n/a 0 1475
2006 1183 16 117 155 5 n/a n/a 0 1476
2007 1177 17 141 200 4 n/a n/a 0 1539
2008 1194 21 148 208 2 n/a n/a 0 1573
2009 1180 30 156 200 2 0 0 0 1568
2010 1169 32 172 206 2 0 0 0 1581
2011 1135 40 174 220 2 2 0 0 1573
2012 1071 37 184 226 2 2 0 0 1522
2013 1071 49 202 235 1 3 0 0 1561
2014 1016 44 189 238 0 4 3 0 1494
2015 1006 43 168 239 1 4 4 0 1465
2016 981 45 166 252 2 4 5 0 1455
2017 948 45 172 273 5 3 5 0 1451
2018 962 43 180 281 5 4 6 0 1481
2019 946 40 198 290 6 2 8 0 1490
2020 949 44 214 301 4 10 9 0 1531
2021 938 47 207 326 6 12 16 0 1552
2022 934 42 220 337 7 12 23 1 1576
2023 935 50 233 351 9 11 33 2 1624
2024 933 61 232 355 10 8 41 4 1644

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 Fair Lawn High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1171 95.0 12.3 n/a
1989 1144 93.0 12.3 n/a
1990 1129 90.0 12.5 0.3
1991 1174 90.0 13.0 0.3
1992 1192 89.0 13.3 0.9
1993 1217 89.8 13.6 1.6
1994 1285 91.2 14.1 2.6
1995 1314 93.0 14.1 3.2
1996 1314 93.0 14.1 3.2
1998 1371 96.3 14.2 2.1
1999 1352 99.3 13.6 2.4
2000 1429 101.5 14.1 2.3
2001 1404 103.8 13.5 3
2002 1486 101.6 14.6 2
2003 1486 101.6 14.6 2
2004 1485 101.2 14.7 3.4
2005 1475 105.2 14.0 n/a
2006 1476 106.0 13.9 3.5
2007 1539 104.0 14.8 5.2
2008 1573 98.0 16.1 5.5
2009 1568 101.5 12.8 6.5
2010 1581 110.0 14.3 8.5
2011 1573 101.8 15.4 7.3
2012 1522 118.2 12.8 9.3
2013 1561 110.6 14.1 5.5
2014 1494 112.8 13.2 13.5
2015 1465 113.0 12.9 12.8
2016 1455 112.0 12.9 13.8
2017 1451 113.6 12.7 14.1
2018 1481 114.3 12.9 12.6
2019 1490 114.7 12.9 11.6
2020 1531 112.6 13.5 12.6
2021 1552 116.5 13.3 12.2
2022 1576 116.3 13.5 12.2
2023 1624 119.5 13.5 14.5
2024 1644 124.9 13.1 15.9

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 Fair Lawn High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1171 95.0 12.3 n/a
1989 1144 93.0 12.3 n/a
1990 1129 90.0 12.5 0.3
1991 1174 90.0 13.0 0.3
1992 1192 89.0 13.3 0.9
1993 1217 89.8 13.6 1.6
1994 1285 91.2 14.1 2.6
1995 1314 93.0 14.1 3.2
1996 1314 93.0 14.1 3.2
1998 1371 96.3 14.2 2.1
1999 1352 99.3 13.6 2.4
2000 1429 101.5 14.1 2.3
2001 1404 103.8 13.5 3
2002 1486 101.6 14.6 2
2003 1486 101.6 14.6 2
2004 1485 101.2 14.7 3.4
2005 1475 105.2 14.0 n/a
2006 1476 106.0 13.9 3.5
2007 1539 104.0 14.8 5.2
2008 1573 98.0 16.1 5.5
2009 1568 101.5 12.8 6.5
2010 1581 110.0 14.3 8.5
2011 1573 101.8 15.4 7.3
2012 1522 118.2 12.8 9.3
2013 1561 110.6 14.1 5.5
2014 1494 112.8 13.2 13.5
2015 1465 113.0 12.9 12.8
2016 1455 112.0 12.9 13.8
2017 1451 113.6 12.7 14.1
2018 1481 114.3 12.9 12.6
2019 1490 114.7 12.9 11.6
2020 1531 112.6 13.5 12.6
2021 1552 116.5 13.3 12.2
2022 1576 116.3 13.5 12.2
2023 1624 119.5 13.5 14.5
2024 1644 124.9 13.1 15.9

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Fair Lawn High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $92 (1.0%) $8,773 (99.0%) $8,865

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Fair Lawn High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 49th of 416 High schoolsRanks 71st of 422 High schools
 5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
9th Grade English Language Arts (Fair Lawn High School)74.869.3
 5.5%
   9th Grade English Language Arts (Fair Lawn Public School District)74.869.3
 5.5%
   9th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)55.952.1
 3.8%
9th Grade Algebra I (Fair Lawn High School)65.241.9
 23.3%
   9th Grade Algebra I (Fair Lawn Public School District)65.241.9
 23.3%
   9th Grade Algebra I (New Jersey)27.219.2
 8%
9th Grade Geometry (Fair Lawn High School)9593.2
 1.8%
   9th Grade Geometry (Fair Lawn Public School District)9593.2
 1.8%
   9th Grade Geometry (New Jersey)59.150
 9.1%
9th Grade Algebra II (Fair Lawn High School)76.574.4
 2.1%
   9th Grade Algebra II (Fair Lawn Public School District)76.574.4
 2.1%
   9th Grade Algebra II (New Jersey)77.665.8
 11.8%
10th Grade Algebra I (Fair Lawn High School)30.421.4
 9%
   10th Grade Algebra I (Fair Lawn Public School District)30.421.4
 9%
   10th Grade Algebra I (New Jersey)7.813.3
 5.5%
End of Course Algebra I (Fair Lawn High School)62.241
 21.2%
   End of Course Algebra I (Fair Lawn Public School District)74.360.5
 13.8%
   End of Course Algebra I (New Jersey)43.335.1
 8.2%
End of Course Geometry (Fair Lawn High School)54.791.1
 36.4%
   End of Course Geometry (Fair Lawn Public School District)54.791.1
 36.4%
   End of Course Geometry (New Jersey)32.251.2
 19%
End of Course Algebra II (Fair Lawn High School)74.574.4
 0.1%
   End of Course Algebra II (Fair Lawn Public School District)80.282.3
 2.1%
   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 Students14901624
 9%
African American4050
 25%
American Indian69
 50%
Asian198233
 17.7%
Hispanic290351
 21%
Pacific Islander211
 450%
White946935
 1.2%
Two or More Races833
 312.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients11.6%14.5%
 2.9%


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Students at Fair Lawn High School are 57% White, 22% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 4% African American, 2% Two or more races.

Fair Lawn High School ranks 71st of 426 New Jersey high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,644 students attended Fair Lawn High School.


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