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Enrollment
802
High
DISTRICT 660 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340852000534
Leonia High School
100 Christie Heights Street, Leonia, NJ 07605 · (201) 302-5200 · Bergen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL802 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of New Jersey public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.8:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
229 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 193 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 180 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 206 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 223 | 28% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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 Leonia Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
70.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.2% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.7% | 42.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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%.
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 Leonia High School
Leonia High School's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonia High School this school | 802 | 28.6% | 53.4% |
| Parsippany High School Parsippany | 900 | 26.0% | 48.8% |
| Fort Lee High School FORT LEE | 1,170 | 28.4% | 51.9% |
| Dr Ronald McNair High School JERSEY CITY | 716 | 35.2% | 89.5% |
| Parsippany Hills High School Morris Plains | 1,035 | 18.7% | 56.3% |
| Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro Teterboro | 665 | 14.4% | 92.6% |
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 Leonia High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #97 of 397 | #21 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #92 of 400 ▲ 32 | #21 of 48 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #78 of 395 ▲ 77 | #18 of 48 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 802 | #226 of 442 | #27 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #234 of 388 | #35 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #11 of 389 | #1 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.6% | #236 of 405 | #19 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.6% | #53 of 173 | #4 of 16 |
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
802
-20 (-2%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 802 | 62.4 | 12.8:1 | 29% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 814 | 70.6 | 11.5:1 | 21% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 847 | 60.4 | 14.0:1 | 18% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 822 | 64 | 12.8:1 | 15% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 688 | 60.6 | 11.3:1 | 17% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 688 | 58 | 11.9:1 | 22% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 657 | 53 | 12.4:1 | 13% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 568 | 58 | 9.8:1 | 8% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 40 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leonia High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (688 to 802); teachers up 3% (60.6 to 62.4).
About Leonia High School
Leonia High School is a public high school in Leonia, New Jersey. The school had 802 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
Leonia Public School District operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,980 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Leonia High School is Asian (36%). The remaining students are 28% Hispanic, 23% White, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. Census figures show Bergen County is about 17% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Leonia High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
Federal staffing data show 62.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Leonia High School and a ratio of 12.8:1. Across high schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is about 12.7:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 29% of enrollment. That is close to the 28% average for public schools in Bergen County.
allk12 grades Leonia High School an A-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
In New Jersey, Leonia High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 53.4% actual against a predicted 50.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Bergen County, median household income is about $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 291 public schools operate in Bergen County, serving about 133,883 students.
Leonia Middle School is the public school closest to Leonia High School, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Leonia High School is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Leonia High School was 822 in 2020-21 and 802 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Leonia Public School District
- Leonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Anna C. Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
Other schools in Leonia
- Leonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Anna C. Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
Nearby schools
- Leonia Middle School0.3 mi · 661
- Anna C. Scott Elementary School0.7 mi · 517
- Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School0.8 mi · 334
- School No. 21.0 mi · 362
- Thomas Jefferson Middle School1.2 mi · 510
- School No. 31.3 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Leonia High SchoolHow many students attend Leonia High School?
Leonia High School enrolls approximately 802 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Leonia High School serve?
Leonia High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Leonia High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Leonia High School is approximately 12.8:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leonia High School?
At Leonia High School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 28% Hispanic, 5% Black, 36% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Leonia High School?
Leonia High School is overseen by Leonia Public School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.