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What's the biggest difference between New Milford High School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
584
High
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW MILFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341128000624
New Milford High School
330 River Road, NEW MILFORD, NJ 07646 · (201) 262-0172 · Bergen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of New Jersey public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
124 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 138 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 151 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 137 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 158 | 27% |
Student demographics
70%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 New Milford Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
65.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
39.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -15.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.9% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 68.6% | 55.2% |
% 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
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 New Milford High School
New Milford High School's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Milford High School this school | 584 | 21.2% | 49.4% |
| Hasbrouck Heights High School HASBROUCK HEIGHTS | 499 | 22.0% | 52.9% |
| Dumont High School DUMONT | 704 | 16.6% | 49.5% |
| Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School WOOD RIDGE | 554 | 26.7% | 33.9% |
| Jonathan Dayton High School Springfield | 654 | 19.7% | 37.5% |
| Applied Technology High School Paramus | 348 | 22.1% | 77.2% |
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 New Milford High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #119 of 397 | #26 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #131 of 400 ▼ 48 | #31 of 48 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #100 of 395 ▲ 37 | #22 of 48 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 584 | #301 of 442 | #37 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #220 of 388 | #32 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #35 of 389 | #4 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.2% | #274 of 405 | #24 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #172 of 200 | #26 of 31 |
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
584
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
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 | 584 | 46.5 | 12.6:1 | 21% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 47.5 | 12.2:1 | 18% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 588 | 48.1 | 12.2:1 | 14% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 49 | 11.9:1 | 9% (53) |
| 2017-18 | 597 | 48.4 | 12.3:1 | 15% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 50 | 13.0:1 | 13% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 657 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 9% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 693 | 56 | 12.4:1 | 5% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 41 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Milford High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (597 to 584); teachers down 4% (48.4 to 46.5).
About New Milford High School
New Milford High School is a low-enrollment high school located in NEW MILFORD, New Jersey. There are 584 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 929.
New Milford High School is part of New Milford Public School District, where 4 schools serve 1,998 students.
No group is above 50% at New Milford High School; the largest is White, at 43%. After that, the student body is 31% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% Black, and 6% Pacific Islander. Among all residents of Bergen County, the White share is about 55%. The diversity index for New Milford High School is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
New Milford High School has 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.6:1. The average for high schools in New Jersey is about 12.7:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 21%.
New Milford High School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 69% of New Jersey public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 54.5% for New Milford High School. The school posts 49.4%, 5.1 points below the prediction.
American Community Survey estimates for Bergen County show that the median household earns about $124,884 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Bergen County, 291 public schools serve about 133,883 students.
David E. Owens Middle School is the nearest public school to New Milford High School, about 0.6 miles away. New Milford High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 64.1% proficiency; New Milford High School posts 49.4%.
NCES describes the area around New Milford High School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 584, close to the 583 recorded in 2020-21.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Milford Public School District
- David E. Owens Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
- Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Berkley Street SchoolElementary · 415 students
Other schools in NEW MILFORD
- David E. Owens Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
- Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Berkley Street SchoolElementary · 415 students
Other New Milford High schools
One other US public school is named New Milford High. New Milford High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- New Milford High SchoolNew Milford, CT · 1,150 students
Nearby schools
- David E. Owens Middle School0.6 mi · 523
- Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School0.6 mi · 476
- River Dell Middle School0.8 mi · 573
- River Dell Regional High School0.8 mi · 1,025
- Roosevelt School0.8 mi · 474
- Lincoln Elementary School1.0 mi · 172
Frequently asked questions
About New Milford High SchoolHow many students attend New Milford High School?
New Milford High School enrolls approximately 584 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does New Milford High School serve?
New Milford High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at New Milford High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Milford High School is approximately 12.6:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at New Milford High School?
At New Milford High School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 31% Hispanic, 8% Black, 12% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is New Milford High School in?
New Milford High School is part of New Milford Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.