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If you could change one rule at Henry P. Becton Regional High School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
853
High
STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLSTADT-EAST RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340280000300
Henry P. Becton Regional High School
120 PATERSON AVENUE, EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ 07073 · (201) 935-3007 · Bergen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL853 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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.
- BBeats 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
14.1:1
61 FTE teachers
STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
346 students
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 | 218 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 200 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 226 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 209 | 25% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
57.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
30.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.5% | 30.5% |
| 2023-24 | 62.2% | 23.7% |
% 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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Henry P. Becton Regional High School
Henry P. Becton Regional High School's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry P. Becton Regional High School this school | 853 | 40.6% | 38.5% |
| East Brunswick Magnet School EAST BRUNSWICK | 745 | 36.5% | 34.6% |
| South Plainfield High School SOUTH PLAINFIELD | 1,044 | 36.3% | 39.8% |
| High Tech High School Secaucus | 790 | 36.2% | 72.1% |
| Middlesex High School MIDDLESEX | 597 | 45.7% | 31.8% |
| Freehold Borough High School FREEHOLD | 1,376 | 40.8% | 42.5% |
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 Henry P. Becton Regional High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #190 of 397 | #38 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #186 of 400 ▲ 45 | #37 of 48 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #154 of 395 ▲ 19 | #35 of 48 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 853 | #209 of 442 | #21 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #323 of 388 | #47 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #81 of 389 | #10 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.6% | #190 of 405 | #13 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +78.1% | #8 of 173 | #1 of 16 |
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
853
+277 (+48%) vs 2020
+115% since 1990-91, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 853 | 60.5 | 14.1:1 | 41% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 821 | 61.5 | 13.3:1 | 32% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 771 | 58.5 | 13.2:1 | 22% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 576 | 45 | 12.8:1 | 32% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 479 | 37.2 | 12.9:1 | 33% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 38 | 12.3:1 | 28% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 22% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 41 | 11.1:1 | 12% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 396 | 35 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henry P. Becton Regional High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 78% (479 to 853); teachers up 63% (37.2 to 60.5).
About Henry P. Becton Regional High School
Families in EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, are served by Henry P. Becton Regional High School, a mid-sized high school. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 853 students in 2024-25.
The school's district is Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional High School District.
The largest group at Henry P. Becton Regional High School is Hispanic students, at 46%. The school is also 32% White, 11% Asian, and 9% Black. That is higher than the 23% Hispanic share among all Bergen County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
Henry P. Becton Regional High School reported 60.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.1:1. High schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1, 1.4 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 346 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 41% of enrollment. Public schools in Bergen County average 28%.
Henry P. Becton Regional High School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 53% of New Jersey public high schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Henry P. Becton Regional High School would be expected to post about 44.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.5%.
For the population of Bergen County, median household income comes to about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bergen County's 291 public schools enroll about 133,883 students and include Henry P. Becton Regional High School.
Henry P. Becton Regional High School's closest public school neighbor is Lincoln School, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Henry P. Becton Regional High School's average proficiency of 38.5% compares with 56.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Henry P. Becton Regional High School had 576 students in 2020-21 and 853 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.8:1 in 2020-21, and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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 EAST RUTHERFORD
- McKenzie SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Alfred S. Faust Middle SchoolMiddle · 240 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 178 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln School0.4 mi · 178
- Alfred S. Faust Middle School0.4 mi · 240
- Washington School0.7 mi · 349
- Rutherford High School0.8 mi · 727
- Carlstadt Public School0.9 mi · 478
- Wood-Ridge Intermediate School1.1 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Henry P. Becton Regional High SchoolHow large is Henry P. Becton Regional High School?
Henry P. Becton Regional High School enrolls approximately 853 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Henry P. Becton Regional High School serve?
Henry P. Becton Regional High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Henry P. Becton Regional High School have?
Henry P. Becton Regional High School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
How diverse is Henry P. Becton Regional High School?
Henry P. Becton Regional High School reports a student body of 32% White, 46% Hispanic, 9% Black, 11% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Henry P. Becton Regional High School in?
Henry P. Becton Regional High School is part of Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional High School District.
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