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Enrollment
1,033
High
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER FREEHOLD REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341656004124
Allentown High School
27 High Street, ALLENTOWN, NJ 08501 · (609) 259-7292 · Monmouth County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,033 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of New Jersey public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.7:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
65 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 | 260 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 236 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 263 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 274 | 27% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Upper Freehold Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
50.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
46.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.5% | 46.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 41.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Allentown High School
Allentown High School's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown High School this school | 1,033 | 6.3% | 42.3% |
| West Essex High School NORTH CALDWELL | 1,061 | 3.3% | 55.8% |
| Sparta High School SPARTA | 1,025 | 7.2% | 53.1% |
| North Hunterdon High School Annandale | 1,259 | 4.1% | 54.0% |
| Cranford High School CRANFORD | 1,116 | 1.9% | 54.6% |
| Ramapo High School FRANKLIN LAKES | 1,166 | 0.9% | 49.2% |
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 Allentown High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #154 of 397 | #16 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #100 of 400 ▲ 26 | #12 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #208 of 395 ▲ 51 | #21 of 31 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,033 | #172 of 442 | #13 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #298 of 388 | #23 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.8% | #340 of 389 | #26 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.3% | #356 of 405 | #24 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #35 of 200 | #2 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
1,033
-133 (-11%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 793
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 1,033 | 75.4 | 13.7:1 | 6% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 1,043 | 74.4 | 14.0:1 | 5% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 1,084 | 83.4 | 13.0:1 | 5% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 1,166 | 81 | 14.4:1 | 4% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 1,245 | 92.8 | 13.4:1 | 8% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 1,291 | 94 | 13.7:1 | 11% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 1,145 | 64 | 17.9:1 | 5% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 878 | 69 | 12.7:1 | 3% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 793 | 60 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allentown High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,245 to 1,033); teachers down 19% (92.8 to 75.4).
About Allentown High School
Students in ALLENTOWN, New Jersey, attend Allentown High School, a mid-sized high school. Federal data show 1,033 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
Upper Freehold Regional School District (3 schools, 2,014 students) runs Allentown High School.
More than half of enrollment at Allentown High School is White: 80%. The remaining students are 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 3% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Allentown High School scores 35%.
Based on 75.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Allentown High School has a ratio of 13.7:1. Across high schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 12.7:1. Income data for the school show 6% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Monmouth County, the average eligibility rate is 29%.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Allentown High School outscored 38%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Allentown High School would score about 62.7%. It scores 42.3%, a bottom-10% result among New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Monmouth County, the median household earns about $124,845 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Allentown High School shares Monmouth County with 185 other public schools.
Allentown High School's closest public school neighbor is Newell Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Allentown High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Allentown High School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 11%, from 1,166 to 1,033.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Monmouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
645,353
Census ACS
Median income
$124,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
91,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Upper Freehold Regional School District
- Newell Elementary SchoolElementary · 548 students
- Stonebridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 433 students
Other schools in ALLENTOWN
- Newell Elementary SchoolElementary · 548 students
- Stonebridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 433 students
Nearby schools
- Newell Elementary School0.1 mi · 548
- Stonebridge Middle School1.1 mi · 433
- Sharon School2.9 mi · 1,005
- Richard C Crockett Middle School3.8 mi · 834
- Yardville Elementary School3.9 mi · 312
- Chesterfield Township Elementary School4.3 mi · 675
Frequently asked questions
About Allentown High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Allentown High School?
Allentown High School enrolls approximately 1,033 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Allentown High School serve?
Allentown High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Allentown High School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Allentown High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Allentown High School?
At Allentown High School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Allentown High School?
Allentown High School is overseen by Upper Freehold Regional School District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.