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What's something Carteret High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,188
High
DISTRICT 651 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARTERET PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340282003268
Carteret High School
199 WASHINGTON AVENUE, CARTERET, NJ 07008 · (732) 541-8960 · Middlesex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,188 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of New Jersey public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.6:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
863 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 282 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 314 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 302 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 290 | 24% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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 Carteret Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
36.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
15.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.7% | 15.6% |
| 2023-24 | 38.7% | 11.0% |
% 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
20.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Carteret High School
Carteret High School's state test result (20.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carteret High School this school | 1,188 | 72.6% | 20.5% |
| Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood ENGLEWOOD | 1,083 | 66.9% | 32.5% |
| William L Dickinson High School JERSEY CITY | 1,786 | 76.6% | 14.6% |
| James J Ferris High School JERSEY CITY | 1,364 | 72.1% | 20.1% |
| Pennsauken High School PENNSAUKEN | 1,588 | 74.2% | 17.2% |
| Atlantic City High School Atlantic City | 1,731 | 83.0% | 18.8% |
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 Carteret High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #313 of 397 | #25 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #283 of 400 ▲ 38 | #23 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #280 of 395 ▲ 30 | #17 of 27 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,188 | #127 of 442 | #16 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #289 of 388 | #19 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #52 of 389 | #10 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.6% | #55 of 405 | #4 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.5% | #39 of 173 | #6 of 22 |
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
1,188
+222 (+23%) vs 2020
+67% since 1990-91, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 1,188 | 87.2 | 13.6:1 | 73% (863) |
| 2023-24 | 1,182 | 87.5 | 13.5:1 | 72% (852) |
| 2022-23 | 1,089 | 83.2 | 13.1:1 | 71% (775) |
| 2020-21 | 966 | 83 | 11.6:1 | 68% (658) |
| 2017-18 | 994 | 78.7 | 12.6:1 | 71% (701) |
| 2015-16 | 1,028 | 81 | 12.7:1 | 66% (682) |
| 2010-11 | 1,039 | 68 | 15.3:1 | 53% (551) |
| 2000-01 | 887 | 70 | 12.7:1 | 34% (305) |
| 1990-91 | 713 | 56 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carteret High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (994 to 1,188); teachers up 11% (78.7 to 87.2).
About Carteret High School
Carteret High School is a mid-sized high school in CARTERET, New Jersey, one of the schools in Carteret Public School District. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 1,188 students enrolled. That is 28% bigger than the average of about 929 students for high schools in New Jersey.
Carteret Public School District has 3,903 students in 6 schools, and Carteret High School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up 48% of enrollment at Carteret High School, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 21% Asian, 18% Black, 10% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Middlesex County's population at about 24%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
Carteret High School reported 87.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.6:1. High schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 12.7:1. Roughly 73% of students at Carteret High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Middlesex County average 42%.
Carteret High School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 33% of New Jersey public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Carteret High School is 5.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Middlesex County show that the median household earns about $111,549 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Middlesex County, 214 public schools serve about 129,255 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Carteret Junior High School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Carteret High School is 9th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,188, compared with 966 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 11.6:1 to 13.6:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Carteret High School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carteret Public School District
- Columbus Elementary SchoolElementary · 642 students
- Carteret Junior High SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Carteret Middle SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- Private Nicholas Minue Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Nathan Hale Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
Other schools in CARTERET
- Columbus Elementary SchoolElementary · 642 students
- Carteret Junior High SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Carteret Middle SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- Private Nicholas Minue Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Nathan Hale Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Carteret Junior High School0.0 mi · 568
- Carteret Middle School0.3 mi · 540
- Nathan Hale Elementary School0.4 mi · 436
- Columbus Elementary School0.5 mi · 642
- Port Reading Avenue Elementary School1.0 mi · 385
- Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School1.4 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About Carteret High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carteret High School?
Carteret High School enrolls approximately 1,188 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Carteret High School serve?
Carteret High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Carteret High School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Carteret High School.
What is the student diversity at Carteret High School?
Student demographics at Carteret High School are roughly 10% White, 48% Hispanic, 18% Black, 21% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Carteret High School in?
Carteret High School is part of Carteret Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.