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How has East Brunswick Magnet School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
745
High
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLESEX COUNTY VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341008003420
East Brunswick Magnet School
112 RUES LANE, EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ 08816 · (732) 254-8700 · Middlesex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL745 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% 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.
- CBeats 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
11.2:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
272 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 | 203 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 197 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 178 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 167 | 22% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
54.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
32.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.3% | 32.5% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 28.8% |
% 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
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 East Brunswick Magnet School
East Brunswick Magnet School's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Brunswick Magnet School this school | 745 | 36.5% | 34.6% |
| David Brearley Middle/High School Kenilworth | 774 | 33.2% | 28.9% |
| Lyndhurst High School LYNDHURST | 841 | 33.2% | 39.2% |
| Henry P. Becton Regional High School EAST RUTHERFORD | 853 | 40.6% | 38.5% |
| North Arlington High School North Arlington | 634 | 36.3% | 39.9% |
| Passaic Valley Regional High School LITTLE FALLS | 1,093 | 36.4% | 31.1% |
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 East Brunswick Magnet School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #215 of 397 | #16 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #173 of 400 ▲ 23 | #11 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #175 of 395 ▲ 57 | #7 of 27 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 745 | #250 of 442 | #19 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #121 of 388 | #4 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #94 of 389 | #14 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.5% | #203 of 405 | #19 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +78.7% | #6 of 173 | #1 of 22 |
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
745
+285 (+62%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 1,482
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 745 | 66.5 | 11.2:1 | 37% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 742 | 63.5 | 11.7:1 | 25% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 733 | 42.5 | 17.3:1 | 35% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 38 | 12.1:1 | 36% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 38 | 11.0:1 | 37% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 38 | 10.8:1 | 35% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | 61 | 10.3:1 | 31% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 601 | 84 | 7.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 1,482 | 87 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Brunswick Magnet School.
Since 2017-18: students up 79% (417 to 745); teachers up 75% (38 to 66.5).
About East Brunswick Magnet School
East Brunswick Magnet School is a small high school in EAST BRUNSWICK, New Jersey. There are 745 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12.
Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District runs 5 schools with a combined 2,115 students. East Brunswick Magnet School is one of them.
The student body at East Brunswick Magnet School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 43%. The next largest groups are 38% White, 9% Black, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 19 points above the 24% share among Middlesex County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Staffing at East Brunswick Magnet School comes to 66.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.2:1. High schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1, 1.5 more students per teacher than here. East Brunswick Magnet School counts 37% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
East Brunswick Magnet School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 40% of New Jersey public high schools.
East Brunswick Magnet School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.6% is 11.6 points below the 46.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Middlesex County, median household income comes to about $111,549, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Middlesex County counts 214 public schools with about 129,255 students.
Irwin Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from East Brunswick Magnet School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around East Brunswick Magnet School holds at least 8 other public schools. East Brunswick Magnet School comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment records show 460 in 2020-21 and 745 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable.
East Brunswick Magnet School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District
- Piscataway Magnet SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Woodbridge Academy Magnet SchoolHigh · 288 students
- Perth Amboy Magnet SchoolHigh · 269 students
- Edison Academy Magnet SchoolHigh · 173 students
Other schools in EAST BRUNSWICK
- East Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Churchill Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,080 students
- Hammarskjold Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 1,221 students
- Hatikvah International Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 657 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Irwin Elementary School0.4 mi · 305
- Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School0.6 mi · 1,221
- Chittick Elementary School0.6 mi · 338
- Bowne-Munro Elementary School1.0 mi · 201
- East Brunswick High School1.0 mi · 2,124
- Frost Elementary School1.1 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About East Brunswick Magnet SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at East Brunswick Magnet School?
East Brunswick Magnet School enrolls approximately 745 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does East Brunswick Magnet School serve?
East Brunswick Magnet School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at East Brunswick Magnet School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at East Brunswick Magnet School is approximately 11.2:1 (67 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at East Brunswick Magnet School?
Student demographics at East Brunswick Magnet School are roughly 38% White, 43% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is East Brunswick Magnet School in?
East Brunswick Magnet School is part of Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.