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The public high schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios in Union County, New Jersey

This ranking covers the public high schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios in Union County, New Jersey, drawn from 31 qualifying public high schools. Academy For Information Technology leads the list at 21.3:1, against a median of 13.8:1 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Union County, New Jersey

Top Students/teacher

21.3:1

Median Students/teacher

13.8:1

HIGHEST RATIO · UNION COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Academy For Information Technology	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	307	21.3:1
2	Union County Tech	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	502	20.4:1
3	Academy For Allied Health Sciences	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	308	20.2:1
4	Union County Magnet High School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	297	20.0:1
5	Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,268	18.1:1
6	K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	740	17.2:1
7	Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,015	16.1:1
8	Academy For Performing Arts	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	242	16.1:1
9	Union High School	UNION, NJ	Township of Union School District	High	2,410	15.3:1
10	Abraham Clark High School	ROSELLE, NJ	Roselle Public School District	High	926	15.2:1
11	Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,272	14.6:1
12	Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,144	14.5:1
13	John E. Dwyer Technology Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,348	14.4:1
14	The Barack Obama Green Charter School	Plainfield, NJ	The Barack Obama Green Charter High School District	High	358	14.3:1
15	Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	842	14.3:1
16	J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	415	13.8:1
17	Jonathan Dayton High School	Springfield, NJ	Springfield Public School District	High	654	13.8:1
18	Linden High School	Linden, NJ	Linden Public School District	High	1,934	13.6:1
19	Hillside High School	HILLSIDE, NJ	Hillside Public School District	High	911	13.6:1
20	Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District	High	1,562	13.3:1
21	Plainfield High School	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	High	2,077	13.3:1
22	Rahway High School	RAHWAY, NJ	Rahway Public School District	High	1,286	13.2:1
23	Roselle Park High School	ROSELLE PARK, NJ	Roselle Park Public School District	High	593	13.1:1
24	Arthur L. Johnson High School	CLARK, NJ	Clark Township Public School District	High	785	12.7:1
25	Westfield Senior High School	Westfield, NJ	Westfield Public School District	High	1,776	11.4:1
26	Summit High School	SUMMIT, NJ	Summit Public School District	High	1,198	11.3:1
27	New Providence High School	NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ	New Providence School District	High	644	11.1:1
28	David Brearley Middle/High School	Kenilworth, NJ	Kenilworth School District	High	774	11.1:1
29	Cranford High School	CRANFORD, NJ	Cranford Public School District	High	1,116	11.1:1
30	Governor Livingston High School	BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ	Berkeley Heights School District	High	849	10.4:1
31	Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	High	357	8.9:1

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