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Enrollment
1,083
High
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340474000388
Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood
274 KNICKERBOCKER RD, ENGLEWOOD, NJ 07631 · (201) 862-6039 · Bergen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,083 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of New Jersey public high schools
- C+Test 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.
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
13.3:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
725 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 268 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 258 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 283 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 274 | 25% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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 Englewood Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
50.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -7.7pp since 2023
Math
19.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.8% | 19.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 19.1% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood
Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood this school | 1,083 | 66.9% | 32.5% |
| James J Ferris High School JERSEY CITY | 1,364 | 72.1% | 20.1% |
| Carteret High School CARTERET | 1,188 | 72.6% | 20.5% |
| Pennsauken High School PENNSAUKEN | 1,588 | 74.2% | 17.2% |
| William L Dickinson High School JERSEY CITY | 1,786 | 76.6% | 14.6% |
| Science Park High School NEWARK | 964 | 68.0% | 78.2% |
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 Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #235 of 397 | #43 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #260 of 400 ▲ 12 | #45 of 48 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #202 of 395 ▲ 7 | #42 of 48 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,083 | #156 of 442 | #16 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #267 of 388 | #39 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #100 of 389 | #12 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.9% | #79 of 405 | #3 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #187 of 200 | #29 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
1,083
+34 (+3%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 853
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 1,083 | 81.6 | 13.3:1 | 67% (725) |
| 2023-24 | 1,078 | 81 | 13.3:1 | 64% (693) |
| 2022-23 | 1,077 | 80 | 13.5:1 | 59% (635) |
| 2020-21 | 1,049 | 84 | 12.5:1 | 55% (573) |
| 2017-18 | 1,094 | 92.5 | 11.8:1 | 55% (603) |
| 2015-16 | 1,067 | 99 | 10.8:1 | 51% (540) |
| 2010-11 | 994 | 86 | 11.6:1 | 49% (486) |
| 2000-01 | 692 | 64 | 10.8:1 | 55% (381) |
| 1990-91 | 853 | 69 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,094 to 1,083); teachers down 12% (92.5 to 81.6).
About Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood
Families in ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey, are served by Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood, a mid-sized high school. Enrollment totals 1,083 students across grades 9 through 12.
Englewood Public School District has 5 schools and 2,847 students, and Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood, about 52 are Hispanic. The school is also 22% Black, 16% Asian, and 8% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 23%. The diversity index for Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood reports a ratio of 13.3 students per teacher, from 81.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey is close to this figure. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood, 67% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 28% average for public schools in Bergen County is 39 points lower.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood outscored 57%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood is 29.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.5%.
In the wider Bergen County area, median household income comes to about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Bergen County counts 291 public schools with about 133,883 students.
Janis E. Dismus Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 40.5%, higher than Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood's 32.5%.
Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 1,083, from 1,049 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood 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 Englewood Public School District
- Dr. John Grieco Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary SchoolMiddle · 489 students
- Donald A. Quarles Early Childhood CenterElementary · 434 students
- Janis E. Dismus Middle SchoolMiddle · 342 students
Other schools in ENGLEWOOD
- Dr. John Grieco Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary SchoolMiddle · 489 students
- Donald A. Quarles Early Childhood CenterElementary · 434 students
- Janis E. Dismus Middle SchoolMiddle · 342 students
- Englewood on the Palisades Charter SchoolElementary · 306 students
Nearby schools
- Janis E. Dismus Middle School0.2 mi · 342
- Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School0.5 mi · 489
- Dr. John Grieco Elementary School0.6 mi · 499
- Englewood on the Palisades Charter School0.7 mi · 306
- Hoover Elementary School0.7 mi · 261
- William Cullen Bryant School0.8 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@EnglewoodHow many students attend Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood?
Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood enrolls approximately 1,083 students in grades 09-12.
Is Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood have?
Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood employs 82 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood?
Student demographics at Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood are roughly 8% White, 52% Hispanic, 22% Black, 16% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood in?
Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood is part of Englewood Public School District.
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