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What's one thing Boonton High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
646
High
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOONTON TOWN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340195004154
Boonton High School
306 LATHROP AVENUE, BOONTON, NJ 07005 · (973) 335-9700 · Morris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
10.4:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
210 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 4% |
| Grade 9 | 140 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 138 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 170 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 169 | 26% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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 Boonton Town Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
64.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
34.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . -28.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 29 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.3% | 34.2% |
| 2023-24 | 70.4% | 63.0% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Boonton High School
Boonton High School's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boonton High School this school | 646 | 32.5% | 47.4% |
| Saddle Brook Middle/High School SADDLE BROOK | 806 | 30.9% | 41.5% |
| Newton High School NEWTON | 680 | 29.3% | 31.2% |
| Hackettstown High School HACKETTSTOWN | 868 | 30.1% | 45.8% |
| Hopatcong High School Hopatcong | 506 | 35.2% | 17.3% |
| Pompton Lakes High School POMPTON LAKES | 610 | 24.9% | 41.0% |
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 Boonton High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #126 of 397 | #17 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #160 of 400 ▼ 105 | #18 of 25 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #109 of 395 ▲ 19 | #17 of 25 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #280 of 442 | #19 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #71 of 388 | #10 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #142 of 389 | #7 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.5% | #225 of 405 | #3 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.1% | #100 of 173 | N/A |
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
646
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 729
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 646 | 62.1 | 10.4:1 | 33% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 656 | 59.8 | 11.0:1 | 28% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 662 | 61.6 | 10.8:1 | 27% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 636 | 53 | 12.0:1 | 30% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 603 | 55.3 | 10.9:1 | 27% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 595 | 51 | 11.7:1 | 27% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 20% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 576 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 9% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 729 | 47 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boonton High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (603 to 646); teachers up 12% (55.3 to 62.1).
About Boonton High School
A low-enrollment high school in BOONTON, New Jersey, Boonton High School is part of Boonton Town Public School District. In all, 646 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in New Jersey enroll about 929 students on average.
Boonton High School is part of Boonton Town Public School District, where 3 schools serve 1,527 students.
More than half of the students at Boonton High School are White (56%). The remaining shares are 29% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 6% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Morris County's population at about 68%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Boonton High School scores 60%.
Teacher count: 62.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.4:1. The gap from the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey is 2.3 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 33%. Among public schools in Morris County, the average eligibility rate is 19%.
On the allk12 Grade, Boonton High School lands at B+, ahead of 73% of New Jersey public high schools.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Boonton High School's results are 1.0 points below predicted: 47.4% against 48.4%.
For the population of Morris County, median household income comes to about $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Morris County's 156 public schools enroll about 72,239 students and include Boonton High School.
Boonton High School's nearest public school is John Hill School (about 0.2 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Boonton High School is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Boonton High School enrolled 636; in 2024-25, 646. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.0:1 to 10.4:1.
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Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boonton Town Public School District
- John Hill SchoolMiddle · 556 students
- School Street SchoolElementary · 325 students
Other schools in BOONTON
- John Hill SchoolMiddle · 556 students
- School Street SchoolElementary · 325 students
- Intervale Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
Nearby schools
- John Hill School0.2 mi · 556
- School Street School0.5 mi · 325
- Mountain Lakes High School1.3 mi · 546
- Knollwood Elementary School1.5 mi · 394
- Wildwood Elementary School1.6 mi · 423
- Briarcliff Middle School1.6 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Boonton High SchoolHow large is Boonton High School?
Boonton High School enrolls approximately 646 students in grades 09-12.
Is Boonton High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Boonton High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Boonton High School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Boonton High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Boonton High School?
At Boonton High School, the student body is approximately 56% White, 29% Hispanic, 6% Black, 8% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Boonton High School public or private?
Boonton High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Boonton Town Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.