Communications High School

As an one-room-style four-year high school in WALL, New Jersey, Communications High School enrolls 295 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Monmouth County Vocational School District. That puts it 68% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Monmouth County Vocational School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 1,635 students. Communications High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Communications High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment; the rest looks like 13% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, Communications High School reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Roughly 2% of students at Communications High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Monmouth County (around 29%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Communications High School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 64.9%; Communications High School posts 90.1%, +25.2 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, Monmouth County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,845 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Communications High School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students).

The closest other public school is Wall High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Communications High School. On composite proficiency, Communications High School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 55.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 320 students in 2018 compared to 295 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 87% to 67%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.