Governor Livingston High School

Governor Livingston High School operates as a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in BERKELEY HEIGHTS, New Jersey, operated by Berkeley Heights School District. Current enrollment sits at 849 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Governor Livingston High School is one of 6 schools operated by Berkeley Heights School District, a district that caters to 2,340 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Governor Livingston High School reports that White students make up the majority at 67%; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 39% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Governor Livingston High School reports 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Governor Livingston High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 3% of students at Governor Livingston High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Governor Livingston High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.5%, the actual is 61.7%, a residual of -2.8 points.

In the broader community, census data for Union County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,202 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Governor Livingston High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Developmental Learning Center New Providence, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Governor Livingston High School. On composite proficiency, Governor Livingston High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 76.8%.

Governor Livingston High School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Governor Livingston High School has declined 17%, going from 1,024 students in 2018 to 849 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 76% to 67% over that span.

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