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Enrollment
1,251
High
DISTRICT 650 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOORESTOWN TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341071001132
Moorestown High School
350 BRIDGEBORO ROAD, MOORESTOWN, NJ 08057 · (856) 778-6610 · Burlington County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,251 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 89% 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.
- 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
11.0:1
113 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
110 students
DISTRICT 8% · 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 | 310 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 303 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 304 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 334 | 27% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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 Moorestown Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
74.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -8.2pp since 2023
Math
54.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.3% | 54.5% |
| 2023-24 | 82.5% | 59.3% |
% 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
68.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% 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 Moorestown High School
Moorestown High School's state test result (68.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moorestown High School this school | 1,251 | 8.8% | 68.3% |
| Hopewell Valley Central High School PENNINGTON | 1,068 | 6.1% | 59.0% |
| Wayne Hills High School WAYNE | 1,162 | 11.3% | 55.3% |
| Marlboro High School MARLBORO | 1,700 | 10.9% | 45.7% |
| Randolph High School RANDOLPH | 1,275 | 13.4% | 47.0% |
| Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School SCOTCH PLAINS | 1,562 | 5.6% | 53.9% |
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 Moorestown High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Burlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #41 of 397 | #1 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #77 of 400 ▼ 12 | #1 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #61 of 395 ▼ 5 | #1 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,251 | #117 of 442 | #7 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #104 of 388 | #4 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #176 of 389 | #14 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.8% | #344 of 405 | #20 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #181 of 200 | #8 of 10 |
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
1,251
-40 (-3%) vs 2020
+73% since 1990-91, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 1,251 | 113.4 | 11.0:1 | 9% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 1,262 | 111.1 | 11.4:1 | 11% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 1,267 | 110 | 11.5:1 | 11% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 1,291 | 106 | 12.2:1 | 9% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 1,273 | 111.8 | 11.4:1 | 9% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 1,338 | 108 | 12.4:1 | 9% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 1,404 | 99 | 14.2:1 | 8% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 1,015 | 73 | 13.9:1 | 3% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 724 | 61 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moorestown High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,273 to 1,251); teachers up 1% (111.8 to 113.4).
About Moorestown High School
Moorestown High School is a high school with a street address in MOORESTOWN, New Jersey. It educates 1,251 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in New Jersey is about 929 students.
Moorestown Township Public School District runs 6 schools with a combined 3,897 students. Moorestown High School is one of them.
At 63%, White students outnumber all other groups at Moorestown High School combined. Smaller groups are 14% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. The county population is about 64% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Moorestown High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
Moorestown High School's 113.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.0:1. For comparison, high schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 9%. The rate at public schools in Burlington County averages 32%, higher than here.
Measured against New Jersey public high schools, Moorestown High School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Moorestown High School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 68.3% actual against 61.4% predicted.
Moorestown High School is located in Burlington County, where median household income is about $108,111, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 139 public schools in Burlington County, with a combined enrollment of about 69,020.
William Allen Middle School is located about 0.1 miles from Moorestown High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 68.3% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Moorestown High School saw enrollment fall 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 12.2 to 11.0 over 4 years.
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Burlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
467,805
Census ACS
Median income
$108,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
139
69,020 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moorestown Township Public School District
- Moorestown Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 869 students
- William Allen Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- George C. Baker Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- South Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Mary E. Roberts Elementary SchoolElementary · 339 students
Other schools in MOORESTOWN
- Moorestown Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 869 students
- William Allen Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- George C. Baker Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- South Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Mary E. Roberts Elementary SchoolElementary · 339 students
Nearby schools
- William Allen Middle School0.1 mi · 635
- George C. Baker Elementary School1.4 mi · 403
- South Valley Elementary School1.5 mi · 400
- Millbridge Elementary School1.6 mi · 666
- Moorestown Upper Elementary School1.6 mi · 869
- New Albany Elementary School1.7 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About Moorestown High SchoolHow large is Moorestown High School?
Moorestown High School enrolls approximately 1,251 students in grades 09-12.
Is Moorestown High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Moorestown High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Moorestown High School have?
Moorestown High School employs 113 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Moorestown High School?
Student demographics at Moorestown High School are roughly 63% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Moorestown High School public or private?
Moorestown High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Moorestown Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.