Manville High School

Manville High School, a compact secondary school in Manville, New Jersey, run under Manville School District, teaches 528 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 43% leaner than the state mean of about 929.

Across the 4 schools in Manville School District (1,655 students total), Manville High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Manville High School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 30% White, 9% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Manville High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Somerset County's rate of about 28%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Manville High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.0%, the actual is 17.5%, a residual of -13.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Somerset County put the typical household earns roughly $140,374 per year, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Somerset County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), Manville High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Alexander Batcho Intermediate School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Manville High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 30%: 407 students in 2018 compared to 528 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 48% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.