Henry P. Becton Regional High School

Henry P. Becton Regional High School is a middle-of-the-pack high school in EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, part of Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional High School District. The school instructs 853 students in grades 9 through 12.

Henry P. Becton Regional High School sits inside Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional High School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Henry P. Becton Regional High School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 32% White, 11% Asian, 9% Black. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Henry P. Becton Regional High School reports 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Henry P. Becton Regional High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.0%; this one delivers 38.5%.

Around the school, Bergen County reports that median household earnings sit near $124,884, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Henry P. Becton Regional High School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Lincoln School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Henry P. Becton Regional High School. On composite proficiency, Henry P. Becton Regional High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 56.2%.

Henry P. Becton Regional High School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Henry P. Becton Regional High School's enrollment has rose 78% since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 853). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 49% to 32%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.