Enrollment
276
High
DISTRICT 204 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONMOUTH COUNTY VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341750005989
Marine Academy of Science and Technology
305 Mast Way, Highlands, NJ 07732 · (732) 291-0995 · Monmouth County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% 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.
- 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
10.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
3 students
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 71 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 71 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 67 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 67 | 24% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
95.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
80.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 95.8% | 80.3% |
| 2023-24 | 97.3% | 86.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
91.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Marine Academy of Science and Technology
Marine Academy of Science and Technology's state test result (91.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Academy of Science and Technology this school | 276 | 1.1% | 91.0% |
| Communications High School WALL | 295 | 2.4% | 90.1% |
| Cedar Grove High School Cedar Grove | 421 | 6.4% | 42.2% |
| Mountain Lakes High School Mountain Lakes | 546 | 2.0% | 66.9% |
| Kinnelon High School KINNELON | 507 | 6.7% | 58.1% |
| Waldwick High School WALDWICK | 434 | 1.8% | 63.1% |
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 Marine Academy of Science and Technology ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #11 of 397 | #3 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #16 of 400 ▼ 1 | #5 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 95.8% | #15 of 395 ▲ 1 | #4 of 31 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #377 of 442 | #31 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #62 of 388 | #9 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.5% | #281 of 389 | #20 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.1% | #398 of 405 | #30 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #176 of 200 | #20 of 24 |
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
276
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 191
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 276 | 27 | 10.2:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 27 | 10.1:1 | 2% (5) |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 27 | 9.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 28 | 10.1:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2017-18 | 282 | 28 | 10.1:1 | 4% (10) |
| 2015-16 | 297 | 28 | 10.6:1 | 6% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 291 | 26 | 11.2:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2000-01 | 274 | 27 | 10.2:1 | 3% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 191 | 20 | 9.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marine Academy of Science and Technology.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (282 to 276); teachers down 4% (28 to 27).
About Marine Academy of Science and Technology
Marine Academy of Science and Technology is a very small high school that serves part of Highlands, New Jersey. There are 276 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 929.
Marine Academy of Science and Technology is one school in Monmouth County Vocational School District, a system of 8 schools with 1,635 students.
White students are 73% of those enrolled at Marine Academy of Science and Technology. Next come 12% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. That is in line with Monmouth County, where about 74% of residents are White. A diversity index of 45% means there is a 45% chance two randomly chosen students at Marine Academy of Science and Technology are from different groups.
The school has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.2 students per teacher. High schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1, 2.5 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Marine Academy of Science and Technology, 1% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 29% average among public schools in Monmouth County.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Marine Academy of Science and Technology outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Marine Academy of Science and Technology outperforms its prediction by 25.5 points. The model expects 65.6% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New Jersey; the school's rate is 91.0%.
In the wider Monmouth County area, the median household earns about $124,845 a year, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Marine Academy of Science and Technology shares Monmouth County with 185 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Marine Academy of Science and Technology is closest to Atlantic Highlands Elementary School, about 3.9 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Marine Academy of Science and Technology's average proficiency of 91.0% compares with 51.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around Marine Academy of Science and Technology as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Marine Academy of Science and Technology had 283 students in 2020-21 and 276 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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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 Monmouth County Vocational School District
- Biotechnology High SchoolHigh · 315 students
- Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and ScienceHigh · 300 students
- Communications High SchoolHigh · 295 students
- High Technology High SchoolHigh · 284 students
- Monmouth County Vocational Technical High SchoolHigh · 87 students
- Academy of Law & Public SafetyHigh · 73 students
Other schools in Highlands
- Henry Hudson Regional SchoolHigh · 302 students
- Henry Hudson Regional SchoolHigh · 278 students
- Highlands Elementary SchoolElementary · 160 students
- Highlands Elementary SchoolElementary · 153 students
Nearby schools
- Atlantic Highlands Elementary School3.9 mi · 282
- Atlantic Highlands Elementary School3.9 mi · 245
- Highlands Elementary School3.9 mi · 153
- Highlands Elementary School3.9 mi · 160
- Navesink Elementary School4.4 mi · 210
- Bayshore Middle School4.5 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Marine Academy of Science and TechnologyWhat is the total enrollment at Marine Academy of Science and Technology?
Marine Academy of Science and Technology enrolls approximately 276 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Marine Academy of Science and Technology serve?
Marine Academy of Science and Technology serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Marine Academy of Science and Technology?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marine Academy of Science and Technology is approximately 10.2:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Marine Academy of Science and Technology?
Marine Academy of Science and Technology reports a student body of 73% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Marine Academy of Science and Technology?
Marine Academy of Science and Technology is overseen by Monmouth County Vocational School District in Monmouth County.
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