Gateway Regional High School

Gateway Regional High School is a senior high of reasonably sized scale in WOODBURY HTS, New Jersey, run under Gateway Regional High School District, works with 862 students in grades 7 through 12.

Operationally, Gateway Regional High School answers to Gateway Regional High School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Gateway Regional High School reports that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 16% Hispanic, 15% Black. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Gateway Regional High School has 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Gateway Regional High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Gateway Regional High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.7%; actual is 26.0%, a gap of -21.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Gloucester County shows the typical household earns roughly $105,115 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Gloucester County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), of which Gateway Regional High School is one.

The closest other public school is Lake Tract Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gateway Regional High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gateway Regional High School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 914 students in 2018 compared to 862 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 81% to 65% over that span.

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