Buena Regional High School

Buena Regional High School is one of the close-knit 9-12 campuss in BUENA, New Jersey, one of the schools within Buena Regional School District, with 491 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Buena Regional High School sits 47% below that benchmark.

Within Buena Regional School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,569 students, Buena Regional High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Buena Regional High School lists that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 11% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Buena Regional High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 35.1%; actual is 16.7%, a gap of -18.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Atlantic County put median household earnings sit near $78,050, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Atlantic County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students), Buena Regional High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Buena Regional Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Buena Regional High School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 28.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 14%: 569 students in 2018 compared to 491 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 25% to 32% over that span.

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