Hopatcong High School

Hopatcong High School is one of the modestly sized four-year high schools in Hopatcong, New Jersey, one of the schools within Hopatcong Borough School District, with 506 students on its rolls from grades 8 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 929 students per school, that is 46% leaner than typical.

Hopatcong Borough School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,442 students. Hopatcong High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Hopatcong High School records that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 37% Hispanic, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sussex County (around 23%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hopatcong High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.9%; this one comes in at 17.3%, -29.6 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Sussex County put the typical household earns roughly $116,186 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Sussex County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students), Hopatcong High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Tulsa Trail Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hopatcong High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 44.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hopatcong High School has grew 18%, going from 430 students in 2018 to 506 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.