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Alumni: what's one memory from Hightstown High School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,616
High
DISTRICT 834 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST WINDSOR REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340432003054
Hightstown High School
25 LESHIN LANE, HIGHTSTOWN, NJ 08520 · (609) 443-7738 · Mercer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,616 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
133 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
766 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within East Windsor Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
37.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -17.6pp since 2023
Math
16.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
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
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,616
0 (0%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.8:1
% White
23%
was 37%
% Hispanic
51%
was 33%
% Black
9%
was 11%
% Asian
14%
was 18%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Hightstown High School
As a sprawling 9-12 campus in HIGHTSTOWN, New Jersey, Hightstown High School serves 1,616 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by East Windsor Regional School District. Enrollment runs roughly 74% above the state mean of about 929.
Hightstown High School is one of 6 schools operated by East Windsor Regional School District, a district that works with 5,006 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Hightstown High School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 23% White, 14% Asian, 9% Black, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.
On the resource side, Hightstown High School shows 133 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hightstown High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.2%; this one delivers 30.0%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Mercer County indicate median household income runs about $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Mercer County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), Hightstown High School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Walter C. Black Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hightstown High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.2%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 1,616 students in 2018 compared to 1,616 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 33% to 51%.
In the discussion threads here, members of the Hightstown High School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Windsor Regional School District
- Melvin H. Kreps Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
- Perry L. Drew Elementary SchoolElementary · 599 students
- Grace N. Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
- Ethel McKnight Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Walter C. Black Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
Other schools in HIGHTSTOWN
- Grace N. Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
- Walter C. Black Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
Nearby schools
- Walter C. Black Elementary School0.6 mi · 510
- Grace N. Rogers Elementary School0.7 mi · 591
- Melvin H. Kreps Middle School1.9 mi · 1,160
- Ethel McKnight Elementary School2.2 mi · 530
- Perry L. Drew Elementary School2.4 mi · 599
- Thomas R Grover Middle School3.4 mi · 1,183
Frequently asked questions
About Hightstown High SchoolHow many students attend Hightstown High School?
Hightstown High School enrolls approximately 1,616 students in grades 09-12.
Is Hightstown High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hightstown High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hightstown High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hightstown High School is approximately 12.2:1 (133 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hightstown High School?
Hightstown High School reports a student body of 23% White, 51% Hispanic, 9% Black, 14% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Hightstown High School?
Hightstown High School is overseen by East Windsor Regional School District in Mercer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.