Enrollment
308
High
DISTRICT 217 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341804000584
Academy For Allied Health Sciences
1776 RARITAN ROAD, SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ 07076 · (908) 889-8288 · Union County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of New Jersey public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
20.2:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
32 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 80 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 77 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 78 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 73 | 24% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
100.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 100 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 100.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 98.7% | 72.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
88.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Academy For Allied Health Sciences
Academy For Allied Health Sciences's state test result (88.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy For Allied Health Sciences this school | 308 | 10.4% | 88.2% |
| Academy For Information Technology SCOTCH PLAINS | 307 | 8.8% | 91.8% |
| Union County Magnet High School SCOTCH PLAINS | 297 | 10.4% | 96.3% |
| Somerset County Vocational Technical High School Bridgewater | 332 | 19.3% | 59.9% |
| Applied Technology High School Paramus | 348 | 22.1% | 77.2% |
| Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro Teterboro | 665 | 14.4% | 92.6% |
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 Academy For Allied Health Sciences ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.2% | #14 of 397 | #3 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #18 of 400 ▲ 16 | #2 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #6 of 395 ▲ 3 | #2 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #365 of 442 | #28 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #384 of 388 | #29 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.2% | #2 of 389 | #1 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.4% | #335 of 405 | #22 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #135 of 173 | #17 of 24 |
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
308
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+21% since 2010-11, when it was 255
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 308 | 15.2 | 20.2:1 | 10% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 15.7 | 19.3:1 | 8% (25) |
| 2022-23 | 303 | 16.4 | 18.5:1 | 11% (33) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 15 | 20.3:1 | 13% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 297 | 13.6 | 21.9:1 | 9% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 282 | 21 | 13.4:1 | 7% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 255 | 15 | 17.0:1 | 20% (50) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Academy For Allied Health Sciences.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (297 to 308); teachers up 12% (13.6 to 15.2).
About Academy For Allied Health Sciences
Families in SCOTCH PLAINS, New Jersey, are served by Academy For Allied Health Sciences, a very small high school. The school enrolls 308 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in New Jersey average about 929 students, which makes this school 67% below average.
The 8 schools of Union County Vocational-Technical School District, including Academy For Allied Health Sciences, enroll 1,737 students.
Of every 100 students at Academy For Allied Health Sciences, about 30 are White, the largest group. Smaller groups are 28% Asian, 25% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Union County is roughly 39% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 75%.
The school has 15.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 20.2 students per teacher. High schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 12.7:1. The school reported 10% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Union County report 52%.
On the allk12 Grade, Academy For Allied Health Sciences lands at A+, ahead of 96% of New Jersey public high schools.
Academy For Allied Health Sciences is a top-10% school in New Jersey on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.5% with an actual 88.2%.
The county, Union County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $103,202 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Academy For Allied Health Sciences, Union County has 180 public schools.
Union County Magnet High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Academy For Allied Health Sciences. Academy For Allied Health Sciences has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 73.3% proficiency; Academy For Allied Health Sciences posts 88.2%.
Academy For Allied Health Sciences is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (305) to 2024-25 (308).
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union County Vocational-Technical School District
- Union County TechHigh · 502 students
- Academy For Information TechnologyHigh · 307 students
- Union County Magnet High SchoolHigh · 297 students
- Academy For Performing ArtsHigh · 242 students
- Union County Career & Technical InstituteHigh · 67 students
- Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery HSHigh · 10 students
Other schools in SCOTCH PLAINS
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High SchoolHigh · 1,562 students
- Malcolm E Nettingham Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Terrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 822 students
- William J. McGinn Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- J. Ackerman Coles Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Union County TechHigh · 502 students
Nearby schools
- Union County Magnet High School0.0 mi · 297
- Academy For Information Technology0.0 mi · 307
- Union County Tech0.0 mi · 502
- Academy For Performing Arts0.0 mi · 242
- Union County Career & Technical Institute0.0 mi · 67
- Terrill Middle School1.2 mi · 822
Frequently asked questions
About Academy For Allied Health SciencesWhat is the total enrollment at Academy For Allied Health Sciences?
Academy For Allied Health Sciences enrolls approximately 308 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Academy For Allied Health Sciences serve?
Academy For Allied Health Sciences serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Academy For Allied Health Sciences?
Approximately 20.2:1 students per teacher at Academy For Allied Health Sciences.
What is the student diversity at Academy For Allied Health Sciences?
Student demographics at Academy For Allied Health Sciences are roughly 30% White, 25% Hispanic, 13% Black, 28% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Academy For Allied Health Sciences public or private?
Academy For Allied Health Sciences is a public K-12 school, overseen by Union County Vocational-Technical School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.