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If you could change one rule at Absegami High School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,130
High
DISTRICT 1,002 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREATER EGG HARBOR REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340606000122
Absegami High School
201 S WRANGLEBORO ROAD, GALLOWAY, NJ 08205 · (609) 652-1372 · Atlantic County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,130 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of New Jersey public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
101 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
612 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 257 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 321 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 234 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 318 | 28% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
26.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -7.6pp since 2023
Math
18.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.7% | 18.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.3% | 20.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Absegami High School
Absegami High School's state test result (22.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absegami High School this school | 1,130 | 54.2% | 22.9% |
| Pemberton Township High School PEMBERTON | 972 | 49.1% | 18.9% |
| Maple Shade High School MAPLE SHADE | 944 | 53.2% | 21.0% |
| Highland Regional High School BLACKWOOD | 1,150 | 49.0% | 24.4% |
| Camden County Technical School-GTC Sicklerville | 1,403 | 45.8% | 42.7% |
| Gloucester City High School GLOUCESTER CITY | 739 | 56.3% | 34.9% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Absegami High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #302 of 397 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #264 of 400 no change | #6 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #324 of 395 ▲ 5 | #6 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,130 | #145 of 442 | #6 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #120 of 388 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #19 of 389 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.2% | #130 of 405 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #101 of 200 | #4 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,130
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 1,235
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,130 | 100.9 | 11.2:1 | 54% (612) |
| 2023-24 | 1,131 | 100.8 | 11.2:1 | 51% (578) |
| 2022-23 | 1,125 | 100.8 | 11.2:1 | 52% (580) |
| 2020-21 | 1,132 | 101 | 11.2:1 | 51% (577) |
| 2017-18 | 1,230 | 102.8 | 12.0:1 | 49% (601) |
| 2015-16 | 1,340 | 114 | 11.8:1 | 45% (598) |
| 2010-11 | 1,948 | 132 | 14.8:1 | 26% (511) |
| 2000-01 | 1,749 | 119 | 14.7:1 | 18% (314) |
| 1990-91 | 1,235 | 100 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Absegami High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,230 to 1,130); teachers down 2% (102.8 to 100.9).
About Absegami High School
In GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Absegami High School is a medium-sized high school. Its 1,130 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 22% bigger than the 929 average for high schools in New Jersey.
A total of 3 schools make up Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District, with 3,007 students enrolled.
The most common group at Absegami High School is White students, at 39%. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 24% Black, 8% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 56% White. Absegami High School's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Absegami High School total 100.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.2:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. The school counts 612 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 54%.
The allk12 Grade for Absegami High School is C-. Compared with New Jersey public high schools, the school scored higher than 24% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Absegami High School is 13.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 22.9%. Predicted: 36.5%.
Absegami High School is located in Atlantic County, where the median household income is $78,050, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Absegami High School, Atlantic County has 76 other public schools.
The school nearest to Absegami High School is Roland Rogers Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Absegami High School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Absegami High School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Absegami High School was 1,132 in 2020-21 and 1,130 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District
- Oakcrest High SchoolHigh · 949 students
- Cedar Creek High SchoolHigh · 928 students
Other schools in GALLOWAY
- Galloway Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 705 students
- Arthur Rann Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Roland Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · 578 students
- Smithville Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Reeds Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 493 students
- Atlantic Community Charter SchoolElementary · 333 students
Nearby schools
- Roland Rogers Elementary School0.3 mi · 578
- Reeds Road Elementary School0.3 mi · 493
- Galloway Township Middle School0.6 mi · 705
- Arthur Rann Elementary School1.8 mi · 635
- Smithville Elementary School2.2 mi · 572
- Port Republic Elementary School District3.0 mi · 110
Frequently asked questions
About Absegami High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Absegami High School?
Absegami High School enrolls approximately 1,130 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Absegami High School serve?
Absegami High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Absegami High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Absegami High School is approximately 11.2:1 (101 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Absegami High School?
Student demographics at Absegami High School are roughly 39% White, 26% Hispanic, 24% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Absegami High School?
Absegami High School is overseen by Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District in Atlantic County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.