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What's the most underrated thing about Metuchen High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
718
High
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·METUCHEN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340999003392
Metuchen High School
400 GROVE AVE, METUCHEN, NJ 08840 · (732) 321-8744 · Middlesex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL718 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of New Jersey public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
11.9:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
67 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 | 195 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 178 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 165 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 180 | 25% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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 Metuchen Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
86.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
61.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.1% | 61.9% |
| 2023-24 | 84.6% | 64.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Metuchen High School
Metuchen High School's state test result (66.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metuchen High School this school | 718 | 9.3% | 66.7% |
| Morris County School of Technology DENVILLE | 885 | 8.4% | 74.4% |
| Montville Township High School MONTVILLE | 1,035 | 4.3% | 65.2% |
| Cresskill High School Cresskill | 489 | 4.5% | 54.2% |
| River Dell Regional High School ORADELL | 1,025 | 2.1% | 70.7% |
| Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest Demarest | 1,038 | 1.3% | 78.7% |
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 Metuchen High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #48 of 397 | #5 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #55 of 400 ▼ 3 | #5 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #28 of 395 ▲ 20 | #1 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 718 | #260 of 442 | #20 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #176 of 388 | #9 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #45 of 389 | #9 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.3% | #341 of 405 | #27 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #138 of 173 | #19 of 22 |
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
718
-31 (-4%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 718 | 60.4 | 11.9:1 | 9% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 698 | 60.8 | 11.5:1 | 6% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 708 | 59.8 | 11.8:1 | 6% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 749 | 63 | 11.9:1 | 7% (53) |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 57.9 | 12.0:1 | 8% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 55 | 11.9:1 | 8% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 602 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 8% (48) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 57 | 10.0:1 | 5% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 50 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Metuchen High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (694 to 718); teachers up 4% (57.9 to 60.4).
About Metuchen High School
Metuchen High School is a small high school in METUCHEN, New Jersey, administered by Metuchen Public School District. The school had 718 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in New Jersey is about 929, so this school runs 23% smaller than that.
Enrollment across the 4 schools in Metuchen Public School District totals 2,329 students.
At Metuchen High School, the largest share of students is White, at 47%. The school is also 26% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Metuchen High School is 60.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 11.9:1. That is 0.8 students per teacher below the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. Around 9% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 42% average for public schools in Middlesex County.
The allk12 Grade for Metuchen High School is A. Compared with New Jersey public high schools, the school scored higher than 88% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 66.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 61.0%.
Within Middlesex County, the median household income is $111,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Besides Metuchen High School, Middlesex County has 213 other public schools.
Menlo Park Elementary School is located about 0.6 miles from Metuchen High School. The five-mile area around Metuchen High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Metuchen High School ranks 5th on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Metuchen High School is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, Metuchen High School's enrollment dropped 4%, to 718.
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Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Metuchen Public School District
- Edgar Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Campbell Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Mildred B. Moss Elementary SchoolElementary · 152 students
Other schools in METUCHEN
- Edgar Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Campbell Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Menlo Park Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- Mildred B. Moss Elementary SchoolElementary · 152 students
Nearby schools
- Menlo Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 802
- Campbell Elementary School0.8 mi · 698
- Mildred B. Moss Elementary School1.1 mi · 152
- Woodrow Wilson Middle School1.2 mi · 1,206
- Woodbrook Elementary School1.3 mi · 786
- James Monroe Elementary School1.5 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About Metuchen High SchoolHow many students attend Metuchen High School?
Metuchen High School enrolls approximately 718 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Metuchen High School serve?
Metuchen High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Metuchen High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Metuchen High School is approximately 11.9:1 (60 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Metuchen High School?
Metuchen High School reports a student body of 47% White, 14% Hispanic, 4% Black, 26% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Metuchen High School public or private?
Metuchen High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Metuchen Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.