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North Brunswick Township High School
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Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About North Brunswick Township High School
Located at 98 RAIDER ROAD, in NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, North Brunswick Township High School is a sprawling high school that educates 1,876 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by North Brunswick Township School District. That puts it 102% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.
Within North Brunswick Township School District, which oversees 8 schools and 5,705 students, North Brunswick Township High School is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, North Brunswick Township High School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 22% Black, 17% Asian, 13% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school lists 156 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Middlesex County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, North Brunswick Township High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.5%, the actual is 27.5%, a residual of -9.0 points.
In the area at large, Middlesex County reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,549 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. North Brunswick Township High School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).
Nearest neighbor: Arthur M. Judd, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Brunswick Township High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Brunswick Township High School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.1%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 5%: 1,787 students in 2018 compared to 1,876 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 33% to 45% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for North Brunswick Township High School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Middlesex County at a glance
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