Paulsboro High School

Located at 670 N DELAWARE ST, in PAULSBORO, New Jersey, Paulsboro High School is a tight-knit 9-12 campus that instructs 390 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Paulsboro School District. Compared to the state average of about 929 students per school, that is 58% leaner than typical.

Paulsboro High School is one of 4 schools operated by Paulsboro School District, a district that hosts 1,171 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Paulsboro High School shows that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Hispanic, 24% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Paulsboro High School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 66% of students at Paulsboro High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Gloucester County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Paulsboro High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 30.2%; actual is 5.7%, a gap of -24.5 points.

Across the wider county, Gloucester County reports that median household earnings sit near $105,115, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Gloucester County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), of which Paulsboro High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Paulsboro Junior High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Paulsboro High School. On composite proficiency, Paulsboro High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Paulsboro High School's enrollment has climbed 23% since 2018, when it stood at 317 (now 390). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 10% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.