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If you could change one rule at Livingston High School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
2,081
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVINGSTON BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340882002126
Livingston High School
30 ROBERT HARP DRIVE, LIVINGSTON, NJ 07039 · (973) 535-8000 · Essex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,081 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% 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.
- ·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
11.1:1
187 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
46 students
DISTRICT 2% · 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 | 500 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 510 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 529 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 542 | 26% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 Livingston Board of Education School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
79.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -8.8pp since 2023
Math
69.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.8% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 88.6% | 66.8% |
% 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
71.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Livingston High School
Livingston High School's state test result (71.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston High School this school | 2,081 | 2.2% | 71.5% |
| Ridge High School Basking Ridge | 1,577 | 2.3% | 68.2% |
| Millburn High School MILLBURN | 1,380 | 1.9% | 82.0% |
| Tenafly High School TENAFLY | 1,141 | 3.1% | 74.3% |
| Robbinsville High School ROBBINSVILLE | 1,046 | 7.2% | 66.2% |
| Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan Old Tappan | 1,086 | 1.3% | 67.4% |
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 Livingston High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #34 of 397 | #4 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #35 of 400 ▲ 10 | #4 of 39 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #44 of 395 ▼ 5 | #6 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,081 | #29 of 442 | #2 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #112 of 388 | #10 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #134 of 389 | #7 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.2% | #384 of 405 | #37 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #96 of 173 | #14 of 19 |
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
2,081
+134 (+7%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 1,228
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 2,081 | 187.4 | 11.1:1 | 2% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 2,081 | 188.6 | 11.0:1 | 2% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 2,066 | 187 | 11.1:1 | 2% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 1,947 | 177 | 11.0:1 | 2% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 1,931 | 171.6 | 11.3:1 | 2% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 1,832 | 163 | 11.2:1 | 1% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 1,742 | 127 | 13.7:1 | 1% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 1,413 | 115 | 12.3:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 1,228 | 93 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Livingston High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,931 to 2,081); teachers up 9% (171.6 to 187.4).
About Livingston High School
Livingston High School is a high school in LIVINGSTON, New Jersey, and it is part of Livingston Board of Education School District. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,081 students. High schools in New Jersey have about 929 students on average; enrollment here is 124% higher.
The 9 schools of Livingston Board of Education School District, including Livingston High School, enroll 6,352 students.
The biggest share of students at Livingston High School, 50%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 38% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Essex County's population at about 30%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Livingston High School scores 61%.
Livingston High School reported 187.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 11.1:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in New Jersey is 12.7:1. There are 46 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 2% of enrollment. That is 52 points below the 54% average for public schools in Essex County.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Livingston High School outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Livingston High School is 6.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 71.5%. Predicted: 65.0%.
Essex County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $80,789, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Essex County's 249 public schools enroll about 145,473 students and include Livingston High School.
Of the public schools around it, Livingston High School is closest to Hillside Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 77.4%; Livingston High School's is 71.5%, ranking 9th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 2,081, up from 1,947 in 2020-21.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livingston Board of Education School District
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 994 students
- Mount Pleasant Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Riker Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Collins Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
Other schools in LIVINGSTON
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 994 students
- Mount Pleasant Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Riker Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Collins Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
Other Livingston High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Livingston High. Livingston High School is the largest of the 3.
- Livingston HighLivingston, CA · 1,169 students
- Livingston High SchoolLIVINGSTON, TX · 1,147 students
Nearby schools
- Hillside Elementary School0.5 mi · 476
- Collins Elementary School0.5 mi · 440
- Burnet Hill Elementary School0.8 mi · 425
- Heritage Middle School1.1 mi · 994
- Mount Pleasant Elementary School1.2 mi · 407
- Mount Pleasant Middle School1.2 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Livingston High SchoolHow many students attend Livingston High School?
Livingston High School enrolls approximately 2,081 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Livingston High School serve?
Livingston High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Livingston High School?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Livingston High School.
What is the student diversity at Livingston High School?
Student demographics at Livingston High School are roughly 50% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 38% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Livingston High School?
Livingston High School is overseen by Livingston Board of Education School District in Essex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.