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Atlantic City High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1400 N Albany Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Phone
(609) 343-7300
District
Atlantic City School District
County
ATLANTIC COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1764
Classroom Teachers
147

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

2

(10 is best)

Better than 13.4% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Atlantic City High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
24%
44%
20%
50%
29%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 541 30.7%
Grade 10 468 26.5%
Grade 11 375 21.3%
Grade 12 329 18.7%
Total 1764 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 7.6% 3.1% 40.1%
Black 31.2% 35.2% 15.1%
Hispanic 42.3% 45.5% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 17.0% 15.7% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.8% 0.5% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 80.5% 88.5% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 74.0% 82.4% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.5% 6.2% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 38,487 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,576.7 1,255
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.2% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.1% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.2% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.7% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 15.8% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 16,473 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 14.5% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 74.1% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 19.2% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.7% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 7.8% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.6% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.5% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.7% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 23.3% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 20.6% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $16,661 $107,728,000 55.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,854 $11,988,000 6.2%
Staff $1,533 $9,914,000 5.1%
General Administration $514 $3,326,000 1.7%
School Administration $1,234 $7,978,000 4.1%
Operation $2,705 $17,489,000 9.1%
Transportation $512 $3,309,000 1.7%
Other $776 $5,018,000 2.6%
Total Support $9,128 $59,022,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,058 $26,236,000 13.6%
Total Expenditures $29,846 $192,986,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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