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How has Deptford Township High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,098
High
DISTRICT 512 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340390002512
Deptford Township High School
575 S FOX RUN RD, DEPTFORD, NJ 08096 · (856) 232-2713 · Gloucester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,098 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of New Jersey public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.9:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
425 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 251 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 267 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 281 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 299 | 27% |
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 Deptford Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
31.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -16.5pp since 2023
Math
19.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.3% | 19.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.8% | 17.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Deptford Township High School
Deptford Township High School's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deptford Township High School this school | 1,098 | 38.7% | 25.8% |
| Sterling High School Somerdale | 839 | 38.6% | 23.4% |
| Camden County Technical School-GTC Sicklerville | 1,403 | 45.8% | 42.7% |
| Burlington County Institute of Technology - Medford Medford | 896 | 36.5% | 41.8% |
| Rancocas Valley Regional High School MOUNT HOLLY | 1,928 | 37.5% | 29.7% |
| Cherry Hill High School West CHERRY HILL | 1,287 | 34.3% | 32.5% |
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 Deptford Township High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Gloucester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #286 of 397 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #262 of 400 ▲ 19 | #9 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #302 of 395 ▼ 37 | #10 of 14 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,098 | #153 of 442 | #6 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #242 of 388 | #8 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #60 of 389 | #4 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.7% | #194 of 405 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #164 of 173 | #9 of 9 |
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
1,098
+89 (+9%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 1,098 | 84.9 | 12.9:1 | 39% (425) |
| 2023-24 | 1,100 | 86 | 12.8:1 | 33% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 1,084 | 85 | 12.8:1 | 29% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 1,009 | 85 | 11.9:1 | 38% (384) |
| 2017-18 | 1,092 | 83.5 | 13.1:1 | 44% (476) |
| 2015-16 | 1,077 | 81 | 13.3:1 | 41% (445) |
| 2010-11 | 1,070 | 76 | 14.1:1 | 34% (366) |
| 2000-01 | 1,094 | 76 | 14.4:1 | 26% (289) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 66 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deptford Township High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,092 to 1,098); teachers up 2% (83.5 to 84.9).
About Deptford Township High School
Deptford Township High School is a public mid-sized high school in DEPTFORD, New Jersey. Enrollment totals 1,098 students across grades 9 through 12.
The 8 schools of Deptford Township Public School District, including Deptford Township High School, enroll 4,096 students.
White students make up 46% of enrollment at Deptford Township High School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 27% Black, 18% Hispanic, and 7% Asian. In Gloucester County overall, about 76% of residents are White. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Deptford Township High School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 84.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.9 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. Deptford Township High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 39%.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Deptford Township High School outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Deptford Township High School ranks in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 25.8%. Predicted: 45.0%. Difference: 19.2 points.
In Gloucester County, home to about 306,954 people, median household income comes to about $105,115, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gloucester County's 86 public schools enroll about 46,080 students and include Deptford Township High School.
Among nearby public schools, Good Intent Elementary School is closest at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Deptford Township High School. Deptford Township High School places 7th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Deptford Township High School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The school grew from 1,009 students in 2020-21 to 1,098 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 11.9:1 in 2020-21 to 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Gloucester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
306,954
Census ACS
Median income
$105,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
46,080 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Deptford Township Public School District
- Deptford Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- Shady Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Lake Tract Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Oak Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 337 students
- Good Intent Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
- Central Early Childhood CenterElementary · 310 students
Other schools in DEPTFORD
- Lake Tract Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Good Intent Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
- Central Early Childhood CenterElementary · 310 students
Nearby schools
- Good Intent Elementary School0.3 mi · 327
- Central Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 310
- Bankbridge Regional School1.5 mi · 479
- Deptford Township Middle School1.5 mi · 895
- Gateway Regional High School1.6 mi · 862
- Gloucester County Institute of Technology1.7 mi · 1,657
Frequently asked questions
About Deptford Township High SchoolHow many students attend Deptford Township High School?
Deptford Township High School enrolls approximately 1,098 students in grades 09-12.
Is Deptford Township High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Deptford Township High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Deptford Township High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Deptford Township High School is approximately 12.9:1 (85 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Deptford Township High School?
Deptford Township High School reports a student body of 46% White, 18% Hispanic, 27% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Deptford Township High School?
Deptford Township High School is overseen by Deptford Township Public School District in Gloucester County.
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