Long Branch High School

Long Branch High School is a high school of high-enrollment scale in LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, run under LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District, hosting 1,500 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 929 students per school, that is 61% larger than typical.

LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,368 students; Long Branch High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Long Branch High School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 19% White, 12% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the resource side, Long Branch High School reports 124 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Monmouth County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Long Branch High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Monmouth County shows median household income runs about $124,845, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Long Branch High School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students).

Academy of Law & Public Safety is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Long Branch High School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 32.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,470 students in 2018 compared to 1,500 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 52% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.