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Piscataway Township 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
100 Behmer Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone
(732) 981-0700
District
Piscataway Township School District
County
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2144
Classroom Teachers
153

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

5

(10 is best)

Better than 46.5% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Piscataway Township High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
47%
44%
52%
50%
42%
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
14
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 496 23.1%
Grade 10 540 25.2%
Grade 11 489 22.8%
Grade 12 557 26.0%
Total 2144 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 13.1% 13.2% 40.1%
Black 29.7% 25.6% 15.1%
Hispanic 25.7% 25.5% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 30.8% 34.7% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 1.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 34.6% 33.9% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 22.9% 23.5% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 11.8% 10.5% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 60,447 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,216.3 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.1% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.9% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 39.0% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.4% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 11.6% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 17,160 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 5.6% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.1% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 49.6% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 36.7% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 23.2% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.0% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 11.6% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.2% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.9% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 3.4% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,673 $78,492,000 49.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,320 $17,059,000 10.7%
Staff $713 $5,247,000 3.3%
General Administration $339 $2,495,000 1.6%
School Administration $930 $6,841,000 4.3%
Operation $1,836 $13,503,000 8.5%
Transportation $668 $4,909,000 3.1%
Other $453 $3,329,000 2.1%
Total Support $7,259 $53,383,000 33.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,709 $27,277,000 17.1%
Total Expenditures $21,642 $159,152,000 100.0%
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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