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Enrollment
892
High
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUDSON COUNTY SCHOOLS OF TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340757005906
County Prep High School
525 MONTGOMERY STREET, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07306 · (201) 631-6302 · Hudson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL892 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of New Jersey public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
9.7:1
92 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 38.3:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
509 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 214 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 233 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 213 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 232 | 26% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
91.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
71.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 71.2% |
| 2023-24 | 89.5% | 57.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+32.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 32 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 County Prep High School
County Prep High School's state test result (66.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Prep High School this school | 892 | 57.1% | 66.9% |
| Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy Wayne | 1,040 | 42.6% | 84.3% |
| Secaucus High School SECAUCUS | 612 | 41.5% | 45.7% |
| Ridgefield Memorial High School RIDGEFIELD | 512 | 46.7% | 43.8% |
| John F. Kennedy Memorial High School ISELIN | 1,405 | 46.8% | 40.6% |
| Edison High School EDISON | 2,393 | 48.9% | 34.7% |
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 County Prep High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #45 of 397 | #5 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #32 of 400 ▲ 44 | #4 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #22 of 395 ▲ 14 | #5 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 892 | #202 of 442 | #8 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #30 of 388 | #3 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #13 of 389 | #2 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.1% | #116 of 405 | #15 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #190 of 200 | #7 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
892
-87 (-9%) vs 2020
+300% since 1990-91, when it was 223
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 892 | 91.8 | 9.7:1 | 57% (509) |
| 2023-24 | 917 | 95.5 | 9.6:1 | 53% (487) |
| 2022-23 | 922 | 94 | 9.8:1 | 54% (495) |
| 2020-21 | 979 | 90 | 10.9:1 | 55% (539) |
| 2017-18 | 899 | 87 | 10.3:1 | 63% (568) |
| 2015-16 | 782 | 86 | 9.1:1 | 53% (416) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 63 | 9.7:1 | 45% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | 65 | 9.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 223 | 37 | 6.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for County Prep High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (899 to 892); teachers up 5% (87 to 91.8).
About County Prep High School
County Prep High School is the name of a medium-sized high school in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey. It enrolled 892 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year.
County Prep High School belongs to Hudson County Schools of Technology School District, a district of 5 schools and 2,326 students.
County Prep High School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 34%. Smaller groups are 30% Asian, 25% White, 5% Black, and 5% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at County Prep High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
Teachers at County Prep High School total 91.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.7:1. The 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 509 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 57%. That is 11 points below the 68% average for public schools in Hudson County.
Measured against New Jersey public high schools, County Prep High School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
County Prep High School beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 32.0 points (66.9% versus 34.9%), a top-10% result in New Jersey on BeatsExpectations.
County Prep High School is located in Hudson County, where median household income is about $91,795, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 130 public schools in Hudson County, with a combined enrollment of about 86,216.
Nearby, Academy of Technology Design is less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, County Prep High School ranks 1st of 8 on average proficiency.
County Prep High School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, County Prep High School went from 979 students to 892. The ratio was 10.9:1 in 2020-21 and 9.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hudson County Schools of Technology School District
- High Tech High SchoolHigh · 790 students
- Academy of Career and Technical EducationHigh · 246 students
- Academy of Technology DesignHigh · 235 students
- Explore Middle SchoolMiddle · 163 students
- Bayonne AcademyHigh
Other schools in JERSEY CITY
- William L Dickinson High SchoolHigh · 1,786 students
- BelovED Community Charter SchoolCombined · 1,573 students
- James J Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Empowerment Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,272 students
- Cornelia F. Bradford SchoolElementary · 1,082 students
- Joseph H. Brensinger SchoolElementary · 926 students
Nearby schools
- Academy of Technology Design0.0 mi · 235
- BelovED Community Charter School0.3 mi · 1,573
- James J Ferris High School0.3 mi · 1,364
- Dr. Michael Conti School0.4 mi · 651
- Regional Day School0.4 mi · 67
- Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb School0.6 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About County Prep High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at County Prep High School?
County Prep High School enrolls approximately 892 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does County Prep High School serve?
County Prep High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at County Prep High School?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at County Prep High School.
How diverse is County Prep High School?
County Prep High School reports a student body of 25% White, 34% Hispanic, 5% Black, 30% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is County Prep High School in?
County Prep High School is part of Hudson County Schools of Technology School District.
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