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Enrollment
579
High
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOUND BROOK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340210005144
Bound Brook High School
111 West Union Avenue, Bound Brook, NJ 08805 · (732) 652-7950 · Somerset County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
484 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 188 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 120 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 149 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 122 | 21% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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 Bound Brook School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
34.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
9.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.3% | 9.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.8% | 10.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Bound Brook High School
Bound Brook High School's state test result (19.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bound Brook High School this school | 579 | 83.6% | 19.9% |
| Technology High School NEWARK | 662 | 80.4% | 61.9% |
| Achievers Early College Prep Charter School Trenton | 543 | 78.3% | 28.3% |
| J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy Elizabeth | 415 | 81.0% | 24.5% |
| K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy Elizabeth | 740 | 77.8% | 28.2% |
| Newark School of Global Studies Newark | 377 | 83.6% | 12.8% |
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 Bound Brook High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #320 of 397 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #336 of 400 ▼ 12 | #11 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #286 of 395 ▲ 28 | #11 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #304 of 442 | #10 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #44 of 388 | #2 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.5% | #341 of 389 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #15 of 405 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #149 of 200 | #6 of 8 |
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
579
-73 (-11%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 579 | 58 | 10.0:1 | 84% (484) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 51 | 12.2:1 | 77% (478) |
| 2022-23 | 677 | 50 | 13.5:1 | 67% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 48 | 13.6:1 | 64% (417) |
| 2017-18 | 601 | 45.6 | 13.2:1 | 44% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 42 | 13.4:1 | 68% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 54% (262) |
| 2000-01 | 694 | 53 | 13.1:1 | 30% (205) |
| 1990-91 | 597 | 51 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bound Brook High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (601 to 579); teachers up 27% (45.6 to 58).
About Bound Brook High School
Bound Brook High School sits in Bound Brook, New Jersey, and is classified as a high school. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 579 students on the rolls. On average, high schools in New Jersey enroll around 929, and this school is 38% below that mark.
Bound Brook School District enrolls 1,917 students, and its 5 schools include Bound Brook High School.
The largest group at Bound Brook High School is Hispanic students, at 80%. The remaining students are 9% Black and 9% White. Among people living in Somerset County, the Hispanic share is about 18%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bound Brook High School scores 34%.
The school has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.0 students per teacher. Statewide, high schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1. Of all students at Bound Brook High School, 84% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Somerset County average 28%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Bound Brook High School would score about 20.4%. It scores 19.9%, within a point of that figure.
American Community Survey estimates for Somerset County show that median household income comes to about $140,374, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Somerset County counts 84 public schools with about 51,276 students.
Lafayette Elementary School is the nearest public school to Bound Brook High School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Bound Brook High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 19.9% is below the 34.6% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Bound Brook High School's location as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Bound Brook High School had a net loss of 73 students, or 11%. The school's ratio dropped from 13.6:1 to 10.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Bound Brook High School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bound Brook School District
- Smalley Elementary SchoolMiddle · 424 students
- LaMonte-Annex Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 291 students
- Lafayette Elementary SchoolElementary · 249 students
Other schools in Bound Brook
- Smalley Elementary SchoolMiddle · 424 students
- LaMonte-Annex Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 291 students
- Lafayette Elementary SchoolElementary · 249 students
Nearby schools
- Lafayette Elementary School0.2 mi · 249
- Smalley Elementary School0.2 mi · 424
- LaMonte-Annex Elementary School0.4 mi · 374
- Community Middle School0.4 mi · 291
- Robert Morris School1.0 mi · 445
- Hazelwood Elementary School1.2 mi · 198
Frequently asked questions
About Bound Brook High SchoolHow large is Bound Brook High School?
Bound Brook High School enrolls approximately 579 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Bound Brook High School serve?
Bound Brook High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bound Brook High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bound Brook High School is approximately 10.0:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bound Brook High School?
Student demographics at Bound Brook High School are roughly 9% White, 80% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Bound Brook High School public or private?
Bound Brook High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bound Brook School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.