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What's the most underrated thing about Jefferson Township High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
761
High
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340780004264
Jefferson Township High School
1010 WELDON RD RD2, OAK RIDGE, NJ 07438 · (973) 697-3535 · Morris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL761 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of New Jersey public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
10.5:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
112 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 170 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 186 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 192 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 213 | 28% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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 Jefferson Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
38.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -19.6pp since 2023
Math
21.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -26.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 27 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.9% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 48.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Jefferson Township High School
Jefferson Township High School's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Township High School this school | 761 | 14.7% | 39.9% |
| Westwood Regional High School TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON | 830 | 15.7% | 50.9% |
| Lakeland Regional High School WANAQUE | 823 | 15.3% | 39.1% |
| James Caldwell High School WEST CALDWELL | 749 | 11.5% | 56.4% |
| Manasquan High School Manasquan | 917 | 15.8% | 49.8% |
| Arthur L. Johnson High School CLARK | 785 | 10.1% | 40.6% |
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 Jefferson Township High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #173 of 397 | #20 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #246 of 400 ▼ 138 | #24 of 25 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #264 of 395 ▼ 53 | #24 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 761 | #241 of 442 | #15 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #75 of 388 | #11 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.1% | #291 of 389 | #19 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.7% | #317 of 405 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #22 of 200 | #2 of 18 |
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
761
-138 (-15%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 741
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 761 | 72.4 | 10.5:1 | 15% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 791 | 79.2 | 10.0:1 | 11% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 826 | 91 | 9.1:1 | 12% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 899 | 84 | 10.7:1 | 11% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 967 | 84.8 | 11.4:1 | 11% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 1,021 | 86 | 11.9:1 | 10% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 1,108 | 76 | 14.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 928 | 63 | 14.7:1 | 7% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 741 | 62 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Township High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (967 to 761); teachers down 15% (84.8 to 72.4).
About Jefferson Township High School
Jefferson Township High School is a small high school in OAK RIDGE, New Jersey, (ZIP code 07438). It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 761 students.
Jefferson Township High School is one of 6 schools in Jefferson Township Public School District, which enrolls 2,642 students in total.
White students account for 73% of enrollment at Jefferson Township High School. Smaller groups are 19% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Jefferson Township High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 42%.
Staffing totals 72.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.5:1. For comparison, high schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 15%.
Jefferson Township High School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of New Jersey public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 39.9%, is 18.2 points below the 58.1% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
Within Morris County, median household income is about $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Morris County number 156 and enroll about 72,239.
The closest public school to Jefferson Township High School is Academy for Environmental Science, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Jefferson Township High School ranks 6th on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Jefferson Township High School saw enrollment fall 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson Township Public School District
- Jefferson Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 550 students
- White Rock Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Arthur Stanlick Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- Cozy Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 236 students
- Ellen T. Briggs Elementary SchoolElementary · 226 students
Other schools in OAK RIDGE
- Jefferson Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 550 students
- White Rock Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Cozy Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 236 students
- Paradise Knoll Elementary SchoolElementary · 196 students
- Academy for Environmental ScienceHigh · 36 students
Nearby schools
- Academy for Environmental Science0.0 mi · 36
- Jefferson Township Middle School0.1 mi · 550
- White Rock Elementary School2.4 mi · 481
- Cozy Lake Elementary School3.0 mi · 236
- Arthur Stanlick Elementary School3.7 mi · 388
- Sparta Middle School4.2 mi · 762
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Township High SchoolHow large is Jefferson Township High School?
Jefferson Township High School enrolls approximately 761 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Jefferson Township High School serve?
Jefferson Township High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Township High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Township High School is approximately 10.5:1 (72 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Township High School?
At Jefferson Township High School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Township High School public or private?
Jefferson Township High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.