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What's the one class at Bogota Jr./Sr. High School every student should take?
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Enrollment
475
High
DISTRICT 326 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOGOTA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340192000284
Bogota Jr./Sr. High School
2 HENRY C LUTHIN PLACE, BOGOTA, NJ 07603 · (201) 441-4808 · Bergen County
GRADES 08–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of New Jersey public high schools
- B-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
12.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
283 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 8 | 108 | 23% |
| Grade 9 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 97 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 95 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 86 | 18% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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 Bogota Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
67.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.9% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.2% | 31.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Bogota Jr./Sr. High School
Bogota Jr./Sr. High School's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bogota Jr./Sr. High School this school | 475 | 59.6% | 39.7% |
| Piscataway Magnet School PISCATAWAY | 640 | 65.3% | 33.9% |
| Roselle Park High School ROSELLE PARK | 593 | 56.2% | 31.8% |
| Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School HALEDON | 803 | 62.8% | 14.8% |
| Paterson STEAM High School PATERSON | 379 | 64.6% | 13.4% |
| Lodi High School LODI | 906 | 62.5% | 36.5% |
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 Bogota Jr./Sr. High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #179 of 397 | #36 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #125 of 400 ▲ 56 | #29 of 48 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #92 of 395 ▲ 80 | #21 of 48 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #331 of 442 | #44 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #210 of 388 | #31 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.6% | #267 of 389 | #44 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.6% | #111 of 405 | #7 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #89 of 200 | #13 of 31 |
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
475
-50 (-10%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
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 | 475 | 38 | 12.5:1 | 60% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 38.6 | 12.2:1 | 55% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 37.6 | 11.8:1 | 46% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 45% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 39.4 | 13.3:1 | 48% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 52% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 37% (214) |
| 2000-01 | 578 | 42 | 13.8:1 | 12% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 398 | 35 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bogota Jr./Sr. High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (523 to 475); teachers down 4% (39.4 to 38).
About Bogota Jr./Sr. High School
At 2 HENRY C LUTHIN PLACE in BOGOTA, New Jersey, Bogota Jr./Sr. High School operates as a small high school. There are 475 students enrolled, covering grades 8 through 12. On average, high schools in New Jersey enroll around 929, and this school is 49% below that mark.
Bogota Jr./Sr. High School sits within Bogota Public School District, which has 4 schools and 1,302 students.
About 72% of the student body at Bogota Jr./Sr. High School is Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 11% White, 9% Black, and 7% Asian. Among people living in Bergen County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, Bogota Jr./Sr. High School has a ratio of 12.5:1. The 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 60%. The 28% average for public schools in Bergen County is 32 points lower.
Bogota Jr./Sr. High School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 72% of New Jersey public high schools.
A school with Bogota Jr./Sr. High School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 33.5%. Bogota Jr./Sr. High School scores 39.7%, 6.2 points above that line.
In Bergen County, home to about 962,316 people, median household income comes to about $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 291 public schools in the county, enrolling about 133,883, Bogota Jr./Sr. High School among them.
Bogota Middle School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Bogota Jr./Sr. High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Bogota Jr./Sr. High School ranks 7th of 8 nearby schools, at 39.7% versus a 46.8% average.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 10% across 4 years, from 525 in 2020-21 to 475 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Bogota Jr./Sr. High School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bogota Public School District
- Lillian M. SteenElementary · 347 students
- E. Roy BixbyElementary · 314 students
- Bogota Middle SchoolMiddle · 166 students
Other schools in BOGOTA
- Lillian M. SteenElementary · 347 students
- E. Roy BixbyElementary · 314 students
- Bogota Middle SchoolMiddle · 166 students
Nearby schools
- Bogota Middle School0.2 mi · 166
- Teaneck Community Charter school0.4 mi · 377
- Lillian M. Steen0.5 mi · 347
- E. Roy Bixby0.6 mi · 314
- Thomas Jefferson Middle School0.8 mi · 510
- Theodora Smiley Lacey Elementary School1.1 mi · 115
Frequently asked questions
About Bogota Jr./Sr. High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bogota Jr./Sr. High School?
Bogota Jr./Sr. High School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades 08-12.
What grades does Bogota Jr./Sr. High School serve?
Bogota Jr./Sr. High School serves grades 08-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bogota Jr./Sr. High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bogota Jr./Sr. High School is approximately 12.5:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bogota Jr./Sr. High School?
At Bogota Jr./Sr. High School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 72% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Bogota Jr./Sr. High School?
Bogota Jr./Sr. High School is overseen by Bogota Public School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.