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Enrollment
1,068
High
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPEWELL VALLEY REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340753003136
Hopewell Valley Central High School
259 PENNINGTON TITUSVILLE RD, PENNINGTON, NJ 08534 · (609) 737-4003 · Mercer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,068 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of New Jersey public high schools
- A-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
10.1:1
105 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.3:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
65 students
DISTRICT 6% · 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 | 248 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 271 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 282 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 267 | 25% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
65.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
56.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.5% | 56.7% |
| 2023-24 | 70.8% | 53.4% |
% 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
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Hopewell Valley Central High School
Hopewell Valley Central High School's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell Valley Central High School this school | 1,068 | 6.1% | 59.0% |
| Holmdel High School HOLMDEL | 934 | 2.8% | 61.4% |
| Chatham High School CHATHAM | 1,205 | 2.4% | 64.3% |
| Moorestown High School MOORESTOWN | 1,251 | 8.8% | 68.3% |
| Northern Highlands Regional High School ALLENDALE | 1,257 | 1.0% | 73.8% |
| Wayne Hills High School WAYNE | 1,162 | 11.3% | 55.3% |
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 Hopewell Valley Central High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #70 of 397 | #4 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #67 of 400 ▲ 19 | #3 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #103 of 395 ▲ 23 | #6 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,068 | #158 of 442 | #10 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #58 of 388 | #2 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #246 of 389 | #10 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.1% | #358 of 405 | #19 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #107 of 200 | N/A |
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
1,068
-29 (-3%) vs 2020
+67% since 1990-91, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 1,068 | 105.4 | 10.1:1 | 6% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 1,080 | 108.7 | 9.9:1 | 5% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 1,079 | 108.4 | 10.0:1 | 5% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 1,097 | 109 | 10.1:1 | 4% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 1,153 | 105.6 | 10.9:1 | 4% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 1,253 | 105 | 11.9:1 | 4% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 1,203 | 78 | 15.4:1 | 3% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 993 | 76 | 13.1:1 | 1% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 639 | 45 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hopewell Valley Central High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,153 to 1,068); teachers unchanged (105.6 to 105.4).
About Hopewell Valley Central High School
The public high school Hopewell Valley Central High School is located in PENNINGTON, New Jersey. There are 1,068 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12.
Hopewell Valley Central High School is one of 6 schools in Hopewell Valley Regional School District, which enrolls 3,423 students in total.
More than half of the students at Hopewell Valley Central High School are White (69%). Next come 15% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. That compares with about 46% White among all Mercer County residents. The diversity index for Hopewell Valley Central High School is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Hopewell Valley Central High School, there are about 10.1 students; the school has 105.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 6%. It compares with 48% for public schools in Mercer County.
On the allk12 Grade, Hopewell Valley Central High School lands at A-, ahead of 78% of New Jersey public high schools.
In New Jersey, Hopewell Valley Central High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 59.0% actual against a predicted 62.8%.
In the wider Mercer County area, median household income comes to about $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Mercer County's 110 public schools enroll about 58,647 students and include Hopewell Valley Central High School.
Hopewell Valley Central High School's closest public school neighbor is Timberlane Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Hopewell Valley Central High School is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,097 to 1,068, a 3% drop.
On allk12, people connected to Hopewell Valley Central High School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Hopewell Valley Regional School District
- Timberlane Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Bear Tavern Elementary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- Hopewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Stony Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Toll Gate Grammar SchoolElementary · 299 students
Other schools in PENNINGTON
- Timberlane Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Stony Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Toll Gate Grammar SchoolElementary · 299 students
- Mercer County Technical School STEM AcademyHigh · 141 students
- Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts AcademyHigh · 111 students
- MCVS Arthur R. Sypek CenterHigh · 21 students
Nearby schools
- Timberlane Middle School0.2 mi · 803
- Toll Gate Grammar School0.9 mi · 299
- Bear Tavern Elementary School2.8 mi · 461
- Stony Brook Elementary School2.9 mi · 395
- Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy3.4 mi · 141
- Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy3.4 mi · 111
Frequently asked questions
About Hopewell Valley Central High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hopewell Valley Central High School?
Hopewell Valley Central High School enrolls approximately 1,068 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Hopewell Valley Central High School serve?
Hopewell Valley Central High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Hopewell Valley Central High School?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at Hopewell Valley Central High School.
What is the student diversity at Hopewell Valley Central High School?
Student demographics at Hopewell Valley Central High School are roughly 69% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 15% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Hopewell Valley Central High School?
Hopewell Valley Central High School is overseen by Hopewell Valley Regional School District in Mercer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.