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Does Dumont High School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
704
High
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUMONT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340399000340
Dumont High School
101 NEW MILFORD AVE, DUMONT, NJ 07628 · (201) 387-3000 · Bergen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of New Jersey public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
10.8:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
117 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 195 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 186 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 194 | 28% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Based on grade levels within Dumont Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
65.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -9.1pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.6% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.7% | 45.0% |
% 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Dumont High School
Dumont High School's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dumont High School this school | 704 | 16.6% | 49.5% |
| New Milford High School NEW MILFORD | 584 | 21.2% | 49.4% |
| Hasbrouck Heights High School HASBROUCK HEIGHTS | 499 | 22.0% | 52.9% |
| Nutley High School NUTLEY | 1,222 | 15.4% | 45.8% |
| Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School WOOD RIDGE | 554 | 26.7% | 33.9% |
| Union County Tech SCOTCH PLAINS | 502 | 10.2% | 75.3% |
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 Dumont High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #115 of 397 | #25 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #95 of 400 ▲ 22 | #23 of 48 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #102 of 395 ▼ 2 | #24 of 48 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #267 of 442 | #33 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #87 of 388 | #18 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #78 of 389 | #9 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #299 of 405 | #27 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #70 of 200 | #8 of 31 |
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
704
-84 (-11%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 692
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
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 | 704 | 65.1 | 10.8:1 | 17% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 768 | 65.1 | 11.8:1 | 11% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 761 | 64.1 | 11.9:1 | 7% (56) |
| 2020-21 | 788 | 66 | 11.9:1 | 8% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 799 | 67.2 | 11.9:1 | 8% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 824 | 63 | 13.1:1 | 10% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 895 | 64 | 14.0:1 | 9% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 739 | 59 | 12.5:1 | 1% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 692 | 52 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dumont High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (799 to 704); teachers down 3% (67.2 to 65.1).
About Dumont High School
Families in DUMONT, New Jersey, are served by Dumont High School, a low-enrollment high school. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 704 students enrolled. That is 24% below the average of about 929 students for high schools in New Jersey.
Dumont Public School District has 5 schools and 2,467 students, and Dumont High School is one of those schools.
White students make up 40% of enrollment at Dumont High School, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 39% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 4% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Bergen County's population at about 55%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
Dumont High School reported 65.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 10.8:1. High schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 12.7:1. Roughly 17% of students at Dumont High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Bergen County average 28%.
Dumont High School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 65% of New Jersey public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Dumont High School is -7.5 points: 49.5% actual, 57.1% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bergen County show that the median household earns about $124,884 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Bergen County, 291 public schools serve about 133,883 students.
Of the public schools around it, Dumont High School is closest to Lincoln Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 56.9% on proficiency, and Dumont High School is below that at 49.5%.
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 was 704 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 788. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.9:1 to 10.8:1.
This page is set up for the Dumont High School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dumont Public School District
- Honiss Elementary\Middle SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Selzer Elementary\Middle SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 172 students
Other schools in DUMONT
- Honiss Elementary\Middle SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Selzer Elementary\Middle SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 172 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary School0.3 mi · 172
- Selzer Elementary\Middle School0.5 mi · 535
- Honiss Elementary\Middle School0.7 mi · 624
- Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School0.7 mi · 476
- Grant Elementary School0.8 mi · 432
- David E. Owens Middle School0.9 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About Dumont High SchoolHow large is Dumont High School?
Dumont High School enrolls approximately 704 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Dumont High School serve?
Dumont High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Dumont High School?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Dumont High School.
How diverse is Dumont High School?
Dumont High School reports a student body of 40% White, 39% Hispanic, 4% Black, 13% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Dumont High School in?
Dumont High School is part of Dumont Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.