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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Buena Regional High School this year?
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Enrollment
491
High
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUENA REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340240000044
Buena Regional High School
125 WEYMOUTH ROAD, BUENA, NJ 08310 · (856) 697-2400 · Atlantic County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of New Jersey public high schools
- DTest 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
10.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
279 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 125 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 130 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 121 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 115 | 23% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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 Buena Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
13.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -18.3pp since 2023
Math
11.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.0% | 11.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 9.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Buena Regional High School
Buena Regional High School's state test result (16.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Regional High School this school | 491 | 56.8% | 16.7% |
| Riverside High School RIVERSIDE | 464 | 58.4% | 11.7% |
| Wallington Junior Senior High School WALLINGTON | 545 | 48.4% | 41.7% |
| South Amboy Middle/High School SOUTH AMBOY | 616 | 58.6% | 20.7% |
| Gloucester City High School GLOUCESTER CITY | 739 | 56.3% | 34.9% |
| Maple Shade High School MAPLE SHADE | 944 | 53.2% | 21.0% |
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 Buena Regional High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #340 of 397 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #320 of 400 ▲ 15 | #7 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #372 of 395 ▼ 31 | #9 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #325 of 442 | #10 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #94 of 388 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #145 of 389 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.8% | #119 of 405 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #54 of 200 | #2 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
491
-44 (-8%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 798
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 491 | 45.1 | 10.9:1 | 57% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 43 | 12.0:1 | 50% (257) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 44.6 | 11.1:1 | 54% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 51 | 10.5:1 | 53% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 52 | 10.9:1 | 52% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 649 | 56 | 11.6:1 | 50% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 882 | 59 | 14.9:1 | 19% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 867 | 62 | 14.0:1 | 29% (252) |
| 1990-91 | 798 | 54 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buena Regional High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (569 to 491); teachers down 13% (52 to 45.1).
About Buena Regional High School
Students in BUENA, New Jersey, attend Buena Regional High School, a small high school. Enrollment is 491 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. Against the 929-student average for high schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 47% lower.
Buena Regional High School is a school in Buena Regional School District. The district has 5 schools and 1,569 students.
Buena Regional High School's enrollment is 54% White. The remaining shares are 32% Hispanic and 11% Black. The White share in Atlantic County as a whole is similar, at about 56%. By the diversity index, Buena Regional High School comes in at 59%.
The count of teachers at Buena Regional High School is 45.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 10.9:1. The average ratio among high schools in New Jersey is 12.7:1, higher than at this school. Around 57% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Atlantic County, the average is about the same, 59%.
Buena Regional High School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 9% of New Jersey public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations places Buena Regional High School in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 18.4 points below it (16.7% actual, 35.1% predicted).
Atlantic County census figures show that median household income is about $78,050, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 77 public schools operate in Atlantic County, serving about 41,964 students.
Buena Regional Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Buena Regional High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 28.8%, higher than Buena Regional High School's 16.7%.
Under the NCES locale system, Buena Regional High School is Rural: Fringe.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 491 was 8% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 535.
Discussions about Buena Regional High School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Buena Regional School District
- Buena Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 345 students
- Dr. J.P. Cleary Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- Collings Lakes Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
- John C. Milanesi Elementary SchoolElementary · 192 students
Other schools in BUENA
- Buena Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 345 students
- John C. Milanesi Elementary SchoolElementary · 192 students
Nearby schools
- Buena Regional Middle School0.3 mi · 345
- John C. Milanesi Elementary School2.2 mi · 192
- Dr. J.P. Cleary Elementary School2.2 mi · 320
- Collings Lakes Elementary School4.1 mi · 221
- Main Road School4.4 mi · 345
- Edward Johnstone Middle School4.9 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Buena Regional High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Buena Regional High School?
Buena Regional High School enrolls approximately 491 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Buena Regional High School serve?
Buena Regional High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Buena Regional High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Buena Regional High School is approximately 10.9:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Buena Regional High School?
At Buena Regional High School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 32% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Buena Regional High School in?
Buena Regional High School is part of Buena Regional School District.
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