Deptford Township High School

Deptford Township High School is a middle-of-the-pack secondary school in DEPTFORD, New Jersey, one of the schools within Deptford Township Public School District. The school caters to 1,098 students in grades 9 through 12.

Deptford Township Public School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,096 students; Deptford Township High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Deptford Township High School lists that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 27% Black, 18% Hispanic, 7% Asian. By comparison, Gloucester County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Deptford Township High School records 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Deptford Township High School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.0%; Deptford Township High School posts 25.8%, -19.2 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Gloucester County) records that the typical household earns roughly $105,115 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Gloucester County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), of which Deptford Township High School is one.

Good Intent Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Deptford Township High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Deptford Township High School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 40.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Deptford Township High School has stayed largely flat, going from 1,092 students in 2018 to 1,098 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 46% across the same window.

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