Dunellen High School

Dunellen High School is one of the small 9-12 campuss in DUNELLEN, New Jersey, operated by Dunellen Public School District, with 409 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 56% leaner than the state mean of about 929.

Dunellen High School is one of 3 schools operated by Dunellen Public School District, a district that works with 1,363 students overall.

Demographically, Dunellen High School lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder looks like 20% White, 14% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Dunellen High School shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dunellen High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.4%, the actual is 25.3%, a residual of -14.1 points.

In the surrounding community, Middlesex County reports that median household earnings sit near $111,549, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Dunellen High School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dunellen High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Dunellen High School's enrollment has expanded 10% since 2018, when it stood at 372 (now 409). Over the same period, the White share declined from 39% to 20%.

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