Monroe Township High School

Monroe Township High School operates as a sizable secondary school in MONROE TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, run under Monroe Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 2,583 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Monroe Township High School sits 178% larger than that benchmark.

Monroe Township School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 6,701 students; Monroe Township High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Monroe Township High School lists that the largest single group is Asian at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 34% White, 14% Hispanic, 4% Black. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 187 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 14% of students at Monroe Township High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Middlesex County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Monroe Township High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.5%, the actual is 55.4%, a residual of -3.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Middlesex County put the typical household earns roughly $111,549 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Monroe Township High School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).

The closest other public school is Monroe Township Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Monroe Township High School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 56.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Monroe Township High School has increased 12%, going from 2,307 students in 2018 to 2,583 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 58% to 34%.

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