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What do you wish you knew before starting at John P. Stevens High School?
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Enrollment
2,687
High
DISTRICT 2,540 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDISON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340450003326
John P. Stevens High School
855 GROVE AVENUE, EDISON, NJ 08820 · (732) 452-2800 · Middlesex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,687 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of New Jersey public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
16.0:1
168 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
431 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 670 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 639 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 676 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 702 | 26% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
84.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
70.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 | 84.0% | 70.6% |
| 2023-24 | 89.3% | 67.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 John P. Stevens High School
John P. Stevens High School's state test result (73.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John P. Stevens High School this school | 2,687 | 16.0% | 73.7% |
| West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South West Windsor | 1,627 | 9.3% | 73.6% |
| West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North PLAINSBORO | 1,510 | 6.3% | 72.5% |
| South Brunswick High School MONMOUTH JUNCTION | 2,666 | 16.5% | 58.9% |
| Montgomery High School Skillman | 1,611 | 7.8% | 75.9% |
| Bergen County Academies Hackensack | 1,130 | 9.7% | 98.0% |
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 John P. Stevens High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #26 of 397 | #3 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #34 of 400 ▲ 9 | #4 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #32 of 395 ▲ 5 | #3 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,687 | #7 of 442 | #2 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #367 of 388 | #29 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.0% | #363 of 389 | #25 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.0% | #304 of 405 | #25 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #93 of 173 | #13 of 22 |
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
2,687
+20 (+1%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 1,593
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 2,687 | 167.8 | 16.0:1 | 16% (431) |
| 2023-24 | 2,675 | 171.3 | 15.6:1 | 14% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 2,680 | 167.3 | 16.0:1 | 10% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 2,667 | 163 | 16.4:1 | 8% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 2,486 | 140.6 | 17.7:1 | 16% (409) |
| 2015-16 | 2,242 | 155 | 14.5:1 | 17% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 2,244 | 144 | 15.6:1 | 11% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 2,066 | 133 | 15.5:1 | 5% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 1,593 | 115 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John P. Stevens High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (2,486 to 2,687); teachers up 19% (140.6 to 167.8).
About John P. Stevens High School
John P. Stevens High School is a large high school found in EDISON, New Jersey. Enrolled students number 2,687 students, in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in New Jersey average about 929 students each.
John P. Stevens High School is one school in a 19-school district, Edison Township School District, which enrolls 16,617 students.
Asian students are the large majority at John P. Stevens High School, with 85% of enrollment. Other groups include 5% White, 4% Black, and 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Middlesex County residents are about 26% Asian. By the diversity index, John P. Stevens High School comes in at 27%.
Federal staffing data show 167.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at John P. Stevens High School and a ratio of 16.0:1. That ratio is over the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 16% of students. On average, public schools in Middlesex County report 42%.
John P. Stevens High School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 93% of New Jersey public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
John P. Stevens High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 73.7%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New Jersey are predicted to post 57.4%, so the school is 16.3 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Within Middlesex County, median household income is about $111,549, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Middlesex County number 214 and enroll about 129,255.
The closest public school to John P. Stevens High School is John Adams Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of John P. Stevens High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, John P. Stevens High School is ahead of the 69.6% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (2,667) and 2024-25 (2,687).
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edison Township School District
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,206 students
- Herbert Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 954 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 946 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 930 students
Other schools in EDISON
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,206 students
- Herbert Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 954 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 946 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 930 students
Nearby schools
- John Adams Middle School0.5 mi · 930
- James Madison Intermediate School0.5 mi · 586
- James Madison Primary School0.6 mi · 452
- Franklin D Roosevelt School0.6 mi · 178
- Martin Luther King Elementary School1.3 mi · 591
- Menlo Park Elementary School1.3 mi · 802
Frequently asked questions
About John P. Stevens High SchoolHow large is John P. Stevens High School?
John P. Stevens High School enrolls approximately 2,687 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does John P. Stevens High School serve?
John P. Stevens High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at John P. Stevens High School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at John P. Stevens High School.
What is the student diversity at John P. Stevens High School?
Student demographics at John P. Stevens High School are roughly 5% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 85% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees John P. Stevens High School?
John P. Stevens High School is overseen by Edison Township School District in Middlesex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.