Neptune High School

As a medium-sized four-year high school in NEPTUNE, New Jersey, Neptune High School teaches 1,129 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Neptune Township School District. Enrollment runs roughly 22% larger than the state mean of about 929.

Neptune Township School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,374 students. Neptune High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Neptune High School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 37% Black, 15% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Neptune High School has 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monmouth County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Neptune High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 29.9%; this one comes in at 15.1%, -14.9 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Monmouth County shows median household earnings sit near $124,845, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Neptune High School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students).

The closest other public school is Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and Science, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Neptune High School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 27.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Neptune High School's enrollment has edged down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 1,336 (now 1,129). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 22% to 40%.

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