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Hunterdon Central Regional High School District
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Hunterdon Central Regional High School District
Hunterdon Central Regional High School District, a sprawling secondary school in Flemington, New Jersey, run under Hunterdon Central Regional High School District, works with 2,238 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 929 students per school, that is 141% above typical.
Operationally, Hunterdon Central Regional High School District answers to Hunterdon Central Regional High School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.
In terms of who attends, Hunterdon Central Regional High School District lists that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 19% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 217 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Hunterdon Central Regional High School District tighter than the state norm the norm. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, Hunterdon Central Regional High School District sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.7%; this one delivers 51.1%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Hunterdon County shows median household income runs about $141,715, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Hunterdon County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,056 students), of which Hunterdon Central Regional High School District is one.
Reading-Fleming Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hunterdon Central Regional High School District comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 55.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.
Looking at the recent track record. Hunterdon Central Regional High School District's enrollment has edged down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 2,965 (now 2,238). White enrollment moved from 80% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Hunterdon County at a glance
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Related schools
- J.P. Case Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Reading-Fleming Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Francis A. Desmares Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Robert Hunter Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Barley Sheaf Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- Hunterdon Polytech Bartles Corner CampusHigh · 108 students
- Reading-Fleming Intermediate School0.8 mi · 719
- Hunterdon Polytech Bartles Corner Campus1.3 mi · 108
- J.P. Case Middle School1.3 mi · 730
- Robert Hunter Elementary School1.5 mi · 406
- Francis A. Desmares Elementary School1.8 mi · 421
- Barley Sheaf Elementary School1.9 mi · 376