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Enrollment
379
High
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASBURY PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340093003732
Asbury Park High School
1003 SUNSET AVENUE, ASBURY PARK, NJ 07712 · (732) 776-2638 · Monmouth County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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.
- C+Beats 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
11.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
256 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 90 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 105 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 93 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 91 | 24% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Based on grade levels within Asbury Park School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
10.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -28.9pp since 2023
Math
13.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 29 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.9% | 13.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.8% | 19.6% |
% 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
18.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Asbury Park High School
Asbury Park High School's state test result (18.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asbury Park High School this school | 379 | 67.5% | 18.1% |
| Essex County West Caldwell Tech West Caldwell | 353 | 66.0% | 36.8% |
| Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts PATERSON | 258 | 59.7% | 8.4% |
| Arts High School NEWARK | 611 | 68.2% | 30.2% |
| Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies PLAINFIELD | 357 | 77.3% | 26.0% |
| Penns Grove High School CARNEYS POINT | 632 | 69.5% | 11.9% |
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 Asbury Park High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #333 of 397 | #27 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #305 of 400 ▼ 37 | #26 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #376 of 395 ▼ 74 | #31 of 31 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #351 of 442 | #22 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #154 of 388 | #15 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #219 of 389 | #12 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.5% | #77 of 405 | #3 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #95 of 200 | #14 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
379
-303 (-44%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 682
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 379 | 32.5 | 11.7:1 | 68% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 36 | 10.3:1 | 40% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 50 | 12.1:1 | 46% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 682 | 54 | 12.6:1 | 55% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 43.5 | 9.5:1 | 58% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 39 | 8.9:1 | 88% (304) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 54 | 8.1:1 | 73% (319) |
| 2000-01 | 625 | 63 | 9.9:1 | 76% (474) |
| 1990-91 | 682 | 56 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Asbury Park High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (415 to 379); teachers down 25% (43.5 to 32.5).
About Asbury Park High School
As a low-enrollment high school, Asbury Park High School serves students in ASBURY PARK, New Jersey. The school enrolls 379 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in New Jersey is about 929, so this school runs 59% smaller than that.
Asbury Park High School is one of the 4 schools that make up Asbury Park School District (1,362 students in total).
A majority of students at Asbury Park High School, 58%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 40% Black. Monmouth County's residents are about 13% Hispanic, 45 points below the school's share. Asbury Park High School has a diversity index of 51%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.7:1, with 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among high schools in New Jersey is 12.7:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 68% of enrollment. It compares with 29% for public schools in Monmouth County.
Asbury Park High School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 22% of New Jersey public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Asbury Park High School is 11.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 18.1%. Predicted: 29.2%.
Monmouth County census figures show that median household income is about $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Asbury Park High School is among the 186 public schools in Monmouth County.
The closest other public school is Bradley Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 18.1% is below the 31.1% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Asbury Park High School enrolled 682 in 2020-21 and 379 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size.
Community posts for Asbury Park High School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Asbury Park School District
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Bradley Elementary SchoolElementary · 345 students
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 195 students
Other schools in ASBURY PARK
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Bradley Elementary SchoolElementary · 345 students
- Hope Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 309 students
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 195 students
Nearby schools
- Bradley Elementary School0.3 mi · 345
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary School0.7 mi · 443
- Hope Academy Charter School0.8 mi · 309
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School0.8 mi · 195
- Wanamassa Elementary School1.0 mi · 356
- Midtown Community Elementary School1.2 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Asbury Park High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Asbury Park High School?
Asbury Park High School enrolls approximately 379 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Asbury Park High School serve?
Asbury Park High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Asbury Park High School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Asbury Park High School.
What is the student diversity at Asbury Park High School?
Student demographics at Asbury Park High School are roughly 1% White, 58% Hispanic, 40% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Asbury Park High School in?
Asbury Park High School is part of Asbury Park School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.