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What's one thing Memorial High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
2,345
High
DISTRICT 822 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST NEW YORK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341758002938
Memorial High School
5501 PARK AVE, WEST NEW YORK, NJ 07093 · (201) 553-4110 · Hudson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,345 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of New Jersey public high schools
- CTest 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
15.7:1
149 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
1,979 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 588 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 561 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 582 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 614 | 26% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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 West New York School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
39.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -12.0pp since 2023
Math
16.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.5% | 16.3% |
| 2023-24 | 51.5% | 22.0% |
% 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
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Memorial High School
Memorial High School's state test result (25.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial High School this school | 2,345 | 84.4% | 25.5% |
| New Brunswick High School NEW BRUNSWICK | 2,443 | 88.1% | 15.6% |
| Union City High School Union City | 3,147 | 73.2% | 29.4% |
| Lakewood High School LAKEWOOD | 1,295 | 92.0% | 33.6% |
| Passaic High School No. 12 Passaic | 2,484 | 98.4% | 5.5% |
| East Side High School NEWARK | 2,046 | 77.2% | 12.9% |
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 Memorial High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #288 of 397 | #14 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #281 of 400 ▼ 31 | #14 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #260 of 395 ▼ 12 | #13 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,345 | #17 of 442 | #3 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #362 of 388 | #17 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.2% | #388 of 389 | #20 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.4% | #14 of 405 | #2 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.0% | #37 of 173 | #2 of 12 |
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
2,345
+230 (+11%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 1,768
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 2,345 | 149 | 15.7:1 | 84% (1,979) |
| 2023-24 | 2,300 | 148 | 15.5:1 | 81% (1,867) |
| 2022-23 | 2,251 | 146 | 15.4:1 | 80% (1,805) |
| 2020-21 | 2,115 | 154 | 13.7:1 | 81% (1,705) |
| 2017-18 | 1,938 | 150 | 12.9:1 | 77% (1,500) |
| 2015-16 | 1,923 | 143 | 13.4:1 | 78% (1,507) |
| 2010-11 | 1,711 | 135 | 12.7:1 | 70% (1,200) |
| 2000-01 | 1,675 | 156 | 10.7:1 | 55% (915) |
| 1990-91 | 1,768 | 135 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (1,938 to 2,345); teachers down 1% (150 to 149).
About Memorial High School
Memorial High School, located in WEST NEW YORK, New Jersey, is a large high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 2,345 students. For comparison, high schools in New Jersey average about 929 students.
District-wide, West New York School District has 9 schools and 7,399 students.
Most students at Memorial High School are Hispanic: 96% of enrollment. The school's Hispanic share is 56 points above the 41% share among Hudson County residents. By the diversity index, Memorial High School comes in at 7%.
Memorial High School's 149 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.7:1. For comparison, high schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 84%. The gap from the 68% average for public schools in Hudson County is 16 points.
allk12 grades Memorial High School a B-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Memorial High School is +5.5 points: 25.5% actual, 20.0% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Hudson County show that median household income is about $91,795, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Memorial High School is one of 130 public schools in Hudson County, which together enroll about 86,216 students.
The shortest distance from Memorial High School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to West New York Middle School. The five-mile area around Memorial High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 36.4% proficiency; Memorial High School posts 25.5%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Memorial High School went from 2,115 students to 2,345. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.7:1 in 2020-21 to 15.7:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West New York School District
- West New York Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,087 students
- Public School Number OneElementary · 758 students
- Public School Number TwoElementary · 621 students
- Harry L BainElementary · 599 students
- Public School Number FiveElementary · 570 students
- Albio Sires Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Other schools in WEST NEW YORK
- West New York Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,087 students
- Public School Number OneElementary · 758 students
- Public School Number TwoElementary · 621 students
- Harry L BainElementary · 599 students
- Public School Number FiveElementary · 570 students
- Albio Sires Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Other Memorial High schools
12 other US public schools in 6 states are named Memorial High. Memorial High School is the 3rd largest of the 13.
- Memorial High SchoolEdmond, OK · 2,770 students
- Memorial High SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 2,636 students
- Memorial High SchoolPORT ARTHUR, TX · 2,140 students
- Memorial High SchoolMCALLEN, TX · 2,021 students
- Memorial High SchoolWICHITA FALLS, TX · 1,650 students
Nearby schools
- West New York Middle School0.1 mi · 1,087
- Public School Number Two0.1 mi · 621
- Public School Number Five0.1 mi · 570
- Early Childhood School0.2 mi · 395
- Harry L Bain0.4 mi · 599
- Public School Number Three0.5 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Memorial High School?
Memorial High School enrolls approximately 2,345 students in grades 09-12.
Is Memorial High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Memorial High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Memorial High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Memorial High School is approximately 15.7:1 (149 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Memorial High School?
At Memorial High School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Memorial High School in?
Memorial High School is part of West New York School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.