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What's the one class at Bayonne High School every student should take?
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Enrollment
2,830
High
DISTRICT 1,470 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAYONNE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340126002704
Bayonne High School
669 AVENUE A, BAYONNE, NJ 07002 · (201) 858-5900 · Hudson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,830 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- A-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
11.8:1
239 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
1,920 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 694 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 785 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 657 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 694 | 25% |
Student demographics
70%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 ExpectationsMath
21.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The New Jersey average is about 42 of 100. Math scores are down about 2 points since 2023.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | N/A | 21.9% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 24.3% |
% 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Bayonne High School
Bayonne High School's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayonne High School this school | 2,830 | 67.8% | 33.3% |
| Atlantic County Institute of Technology MAYS LANDING | 1,852 | 62.6% | 37.1% |
| Millville High School MILLVILLE | 1,687 | 72.0% | 9.6% |
| Woodbridge High School WOODBRIDGE | 1,681 | 54.3% | 20.4% |
| Egg Harbor Township High School EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP | 2,279 | 51.6% | 31.6% |
| William L Dickinson High School JERSEY CITY | 1,786 | 76.6% | 14.6% |
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 Bayonne High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #226 of 397 | #9 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #241 of 400 ▼ 12 | #10 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #161 of 395 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,830 | #4 of 442 | #2 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #172 of 388 | #8 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #29 of 389 | #4 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.8% | #76 of 405 | #13 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #110 of 173 | #7 of 12 |
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
2,830
+340 (+14%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 1,650
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 2,830 | 239 | 11.8:1 | 68% (1,920) |
| 2023-24 | 2,832 | 223 | 12.7:1 | 60% (1,707) |
| 2022-23 | 2,656 | 213 | 12.5:1 | 57% (1,514) |
| 2020-21 | 2,490 | 195 | 12.8:1 | 49% (1,215) |
| 2017-18 | 2,668 | 184 | 14.5:1 | 58% (1,539) |
| 2015-16 | 2,405 | 221 | 10.9:1 | 65% (1,571) |
| 2010-11 | 2,586 | 170 | 15.2:1 | 56% (1,436) |
| 2000-01 | 2,225 | 174 | 12.8:1 | 37% (831) |
| 1990-91 | 1,650 | 141 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bayonne High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (2,668 to 2,830); teachers up 30% (184 to 239).
About Bayonne High School
As a large high school, Bayonne High School serves students in BAYONNE, New Jersey. The student body numbers 2,830 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in New Jersey is about 929, so this school runs 205% bigger than that.
Bayonne High School is one school in Bayonne School District, a system of 13 schools with 10,325 students.
Bayonne High School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 37%. Beyond that, enrollment is 36% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Bayonne High School's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 11.8:1 comes from the school's 239 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. The lunch program counts 68% of students at Bayonne High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Hudson County average 68%.
Bayonne High School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 59% of New Jersey public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Bayonne High School is 4.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (33.3% versus 29.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
In Hudson County (population about 718,323), the median household income is $91,795, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 130 public schools in Hudson County, enrolling about 86,216 students in all.
The closest public school, Bayonne Alternative High School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Bayonne High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.0%; Bayonne High School's is 33.3%, ranking 8th of 8.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 14% from its 2020-21 level of 2,490.
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Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bayonne School District
- William Shemin Midtown Community School #8Elementary · 1,203 students
- Walter F. Robinson Community SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Woodrow Wilson Community SchoolElementary · 740 students
- Horace Mann Community SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Washington Community School #9Elementary · 691 students
- Henry E. Harris Community SchoolElementary · 657 students
Other schools in BAYONNE
- William Shemin Midtown Community School #8Elementary · 1,203 students
- Walter F. Robinson Community SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Woodrow Wilson Community SchoolElementary · 740 students
- Horace Mann Community SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Washington Community School #9Elementary · 691 students
- Henry E. Harris Community SchoolElementary · 657 students
Nearby schools
- Bayonne Alternative High School0.0 mi · 109
- Walter F. Robinson Community School0.2 mi · 924
- William Shemin Midtown Community School #80.4 mi · 1,203
- Philip G. Vroom Community School0.5 mi · 433
- Nicholas Oresko Community School0.7 mi · 388
- Lincoln Community School #50.7 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About Bayonne High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bayonne High School?
Bayonne High School enrolls approximately 2,830 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Bayonne High School serve?
Bayonne High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Bayonne High School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Bayonne High School.
What is the student diversity at Bayonne High School?
Student demographics at Bayonne High School are roughly 37% White, 36% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Bayonne High School in?
Bayonne High School is part of Bayonne School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.