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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Jonathan Dayton High School this year?
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Enrollment
654
High
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341563000213
Jonathan Dayton High School
139 Mountain Ave., Springfield, NJ 07081 · (973) 376-1025 · Union County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL654 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of New Jersey public high schools
- B-Test 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
13.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
129 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 | 148 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 151 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 178 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 177 | 27% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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 Springfield Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
54.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -17.3pp since 2023
Math
17.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.1% | 17.3% |
| 2023-24 | 71.4% | 15.2% |
% 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% 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 Jonathan Dayton High School
Jonathan Dayton High School's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Dayton High School this school | 654 | 19.7% | 37.5% |
| Bordentown Regional High School BORDENTOWN | 728 | 17.6% | 26.6% |
| New Milford High School NEW MILFORD | 584 | 21.2% | 49.4% |
| Haddon Heights Jr./Sr. High School HADDON HEIGHTS | 926 | 25.6% | 45.9% |
| Spotswood High School SPOTSWOOD | 762 | 23.5% | 30.5% |
| Lenape Valley Regional High School STANHOPE | 667 | 17.7% | 46.3% |
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 Jonathan Dayton High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #195 of 397 | #15 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #274 of 400 ▲ 25 | #17 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #177 of 395 ▼ 55 | #16 of 31 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 654 | #276 of 442 | #21 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #306 of 388 | #15 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #87 of 389 | #7 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.7% | #277 of 405 | #19 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.3% | #84 of 173 | #9 of 24 |
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
654
+34 (+5%) vs 2020
+44% since 2000-01, when it was 455
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 654 | 47.4 | 13.8:1 | 20% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 653 | 48.4 | 13.5:1 | 15% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 659 | 52.4 | 12.6:1 | 15% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 49 | 12.7:1 | 14% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 45.2 | 13.1:1 | 13% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 610 | 45 | 13.6:1 | 12% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 43 | 13.1:1 | 7% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 43 | 10.6:1 | 2% (11) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jonathan Dayton High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (593 to 654); teachers up 5% (45.2 to 47.4).
About Jonathan Dayton High School
Jonathan Dayton High School is a small high school in Springfield Public School District, located in Springfield, New Jersey. The latest federal count shows 654 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in New Jersey is about 929 students, so this school is 30% smaller than average.
Jonathan Dayton High School is run by Springfield Public School District, whose 5 schools enroll 2,191 students.
Roughly 51% of students at Jonathan Dayton High School are White. The rest of enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Union County, the White share is about 39%. Jonathan Dayton High School's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
Jonathan Dayton High School's 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.8:1. On average, high schools in New Jersey have 12.7:1, compared with 13.8:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 20%. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Union County is 32 points.
Measured against New Jersey public high schools, Jonathan Dayton High School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After accounting for student poverty, Jonathan Dayton High School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.5% is 17.8 points below the 55.4% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Union County show that the median household income is $103,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Jonathan Dayton High School is one of 180 public schools in the county.
James Caldwell Elementary School is located about 0.3 miles from Jonathan Dayton High School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Jonathan Dayton High School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment climbed 5% from its 2020-21 level of 620. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.7:1 in 2020-21 to 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Jonathan Dayton High School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Springfield Public School District
- Edward V. Walton Primary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Florence M. Gaudineer Middle SchoolMiddle · 474 students
- James Caldwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Thelma L. Sandmeier Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Edward V. Walton Primary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Florence M. Gaudineer Middle SchoolMiddle · 474 students
- James Caldwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Thelma L. Sandmeier Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
Nearby schools
- James Caldwell Elementary School0.3 mi · 276
- Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School0.4 mi · 474
- Washington School0.9 mi · 363
- Millburn High School0.9 mi · 1,380
- Battle Hill Elementary1.0 mi · 414
- Edward V. Walton Primary School1.1 mi · 511
Frequently asked questions
About Jonathan Dayton High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jonathan Dayton High School?
Jonathan Dayton High School enrolls approximately 654 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Jonathan Dayton High School serve?
Jonathan Dayton High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Jonathan Dayton High School have?
Jonathan Dayton High School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Jonathan Dayton High School?
Student demographics at Jonathan Dayton High School are roughly 51% White, 22% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Jonathan Dayton High School in?
Jonathan Dayton High School is part of Springfield Public School District.
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