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New Brunswick 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
1000 Somerset St
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone
(732) 745-5300
District
New Brunswick School District
County
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2477
Classroom Teachers
177

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

1

(10 is best)

Better than 4.5% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

New Brunswick High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
14%
44%
21%
50%
8%
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
14
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 808 32.6%
Grade 10 607 24.5%
Grade 11 515 20.8%
Grade 12 441 17.8%
Total 2477 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 0.5% 0.7% 40.1%
Black 6.9% 7.1% 15.1%
Hispanic 92.2% 91.7% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.4% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 83.0% 81.4% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 71.4% 72.2% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 11.5% 9.2% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 55,718 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 10,647.9 1,255
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.2% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 26.5% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 45.7% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 16.1% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 6.5% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 15,626 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 14.6% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 66.7% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 24.3% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.0% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.1% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.0% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.6% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.2% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.7% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 17.3% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,980 $125,775,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,290 $22,190,000 9.0%
Staff $946 $9,167,000 3.7%
General Administration $374 $3,623,000 1.5%
School Administration $954 $9,249,000 3.7%
Operation $2,041 $19,778,000 8.0%
Transportation $454 $4,397,000 1.8%
Other $648 $6,275,000 2.5%
Total Support $7,707 $74,679,000 30.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,777 $46,287,000 18.8%
Total Expenditures $25,463 $246,741,000 100.0%
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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