Jonathan Dayton High School

Jonathan Dayton High School is one of the close-knit senior highs in Springfield, New Jersey, run under Springfield Public School District, with 654 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 30% smaller than the state mean of about 929.

Springfield Public School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,191 students. Jonathan Dayton High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jonathan Dayton High School records that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 39% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Jonathan Dayton High School has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Jonathan Dayton High School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 55.4%; Jonathan Dayton High School posts 37.5%, -17.8 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Union County put median household earnings sit near $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jonathan Dayton High School is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

James Caldwell Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jonathan Dayton High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jonathan Dayton High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 63.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Jonathan Dayton High School's enrollment has grew 10% since 2018, when it stood at 593 (now 654). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 61% to 51%.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.