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Enrollment
1,500
High
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340894003904
Long Branch High School
404 Indiana Avenue, LONG BRANCH, NJ 07740 · (732) 229-7300 · Monmouth County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,500 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of New Jersey public high schools
- DTest 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
12.1:1
124 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
1,130 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 391 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 368 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 338 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 403 | 27% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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 LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
21.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -15.3pp since 2023
Math
8.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.1% | 8.2% |
| 2023-24 | 36.4% | 10.8% |
% 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
15.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Long Branch High School
Long Branch High School's state test result (15.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Branch High School this school | 1,500 | 75.3% | 15.5% |
| North Plainfield High School North Plainfield | 1,141 | 75.7% | 24.2% |
| Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy ELIZABETH | 1,268 | 76.8% | 62.6% |
| Kearny High School KEARNY | 1,825 | 70.4% | 27.4% |
| East Side High School NEWARK | 2,046 | 77.2% | 12.9% |
| Belleville High School BELLEVILLE | 1,590 | 69.9% | 18.6% |
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 Long Branch High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #346 of 397 | #28 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.2% | #345 of 400 ▼ 19 | #29 of 31 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #346 of 395 ▼ 25 | #29 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,500 | #80 of 442 | #5 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #189 of 388 | #18 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #214 of 389 | #11 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.3% | #46 of 405 | #2 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #152 of 173 | N/A |
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
1,500
+41 (+3%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 940
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 1,500 | 124 | 12.1:1 | 75% (1,130) |
| 2023-24 | 1,515 | 122 | 12.4:1 | 71% (1,079) |
| 2022-23 | 1,548 | 123.5 | 12.5:1 | 70% (1,080) |
| 2020-21 | 1,459 | 132 | 11.1:1 | 80% (1,164) |
| 2017-18 | 1,470 | 106 | 13.9:1 | 80% (1,170) |
| 2015-16 | 1,366 | 108 | 12.7:1 | 74% (1,015) |
| 2010-11 | 1,101 | 99 | 11.1:1 | 74% (813) |
| 2000-01 | 1,090 | 97 | 11.2:1 | 60% (652) |
| 1990-91 | 940 | 89 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Long Branch High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,470 to 1,500); teachers up 17% (106 to 124).
About Long Branch High School
Long Branch High School sits in LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, and is classified as a high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 1,500 students. The typical figure for high schools in New Jersey is about 929 students.
Long Branch High School is one of 8 schools in LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District, which enrolls 5,368 students in total.
Hispanic students are the majority at Long Branch High School, with 65% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 19% White, 12% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Monmouth County, the Hispanic share is about 13%. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Long Branch High School counts 124 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.1 students for each one. That is close to the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Monmouth County report 29%.
allk12 grades Long Branch High School a C-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Long Branch High School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 15.5% is 9.4 points below the 24.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Monmouth County, the median household income is $124,845, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. In all, Monmouth County has 186 public schools and roughly 91,053 students.
Academy of Law & Public Safety is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Long Branch High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Long Branch High School ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 15.5% against a local average of 32.7%.
Long Branch High School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 41 more students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.1:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Long Branch High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Monmouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
645,353
Census ACS
Median income
$124,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
91,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District
- Long Branch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
- George L CatramboneElementary · 686 students
- A A Anastasia Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Gregory Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Joseph M. Ferraina Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 326 students
- Lenna W. Conrow Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
Other schools in LONG BRANCH
- Long Branch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
- George L CatramboneElementary · 686 students
- A A Anastasia Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Gregory Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Joseph M. Ferraina Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 326 students
- Lenna W. Conrow Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
Nearby schools
- Academy of Law & Public Safety0.1 mi · 73
- Long Branch Middle School0.2 mi · 1,142
- Morris Avenue Elementry School0.6 mi · 267
- A A Anastasia Elementary School1.1 mi · 588
- Gregory Elementary School1.3 mi · 573
- Frank Antonides School1.4 mi · 220
Frequently asked questions
About Long Branch High SchoolHow many students attend Long Branch High School?
Long Branch High School enrolls approximately 1,500 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Long Branch High School serve?
Long Branch High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Long Branch High School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Long Branch High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Long Branch High School?
At Long Branch High School, the student body is approximately 19% White, 65% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Long Branch High School public or private?
Long Branch High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.