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Enrollment
632
High
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNS GROVE-CARNEYS POINT REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341284005048
Penns Grove High School
334 HARDING HIGHWAY, CARNEYS POINT, NJ 08069 · (856) 299-6300 · Salem County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL632 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of New Jersey public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
13.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
439 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 161 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 160 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 166 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 145 | 23% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
12.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -17.2pp since 2023
Math
3.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.8% | 3.7% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 3.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Penns Grove High School
Penns Grove High School's state test result (11.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penns Grove High School this school | 632 | 69.5% | 11.9% |
| Woodbury Jr-Sr High School Woodbury | 818 | 71.5% | 19.4% |
| Arts High School NEWARK | 611 | 68.2% | 30.2% |
| Science Park High School NEWARK | 964 | 68.0% | 78.2% |
| Neptune High School NEPTUNE | 1,129 | 66.2% | 15.1% |
| Asbury Park High School ASBURY PARK | 379 | 67.5% | 18.1% |
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 Penns Grove High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Salem County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #366 of 397 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.7% | #380 of 400 ▼ 2 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #373 of 395 ▼ 28 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 632 | #285 of 442 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #279 of 388 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #111 of 389 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.5% | #70 of 405 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.5% | #24 of 173 | N/A |
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
632
+97 (+18%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 652
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 632 | 47 | 13.4:1 | 69% (439) |
| 2023-24 | 621 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 72% (450) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 48 | 12.0:1 | 60% (345) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 48 | 11.2:1 | 71% (381) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 50 | 9.8:1 | 67% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 53 | 10.4:1 | 66% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 577 | 52 | 11.1:1 | 58% (335) |
| 2000-01 | 720 | 59 | 12.2:1 | 31% (225) |
| 1990-91 | 652 | 52 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Penns Grove High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (492 to 632); teachers down 6% (50 to 47).
About Penns Grove High School
CARNEYS POINT, New Jersey, is home to Penns Grove High School, a low-enrollment high school. It has an enrollment of 632 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in New Jersey enroll around 929, and this school is 32% below that mark.
Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District enrolls 2,182 students in 5 schools, including Penns Grove High School.
The biggest share of students at Penns Grove High School, 47%, is Hispanic. Next come 35% Black and 15% White. That compares with about 11% Hispanic among all Salem County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
Its staff includes 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey is 0.7 students per teacher. Roughly 69% of students at Penns Grove High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 45% average for public schools in Salem County is 24 points.
Penns Grove High School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 7% of New Jersey public high schools.
Penns Grove High School is a bottom-10% school in New Jersey on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 11.9% against a predicted 28.1%.
Census data for Salem County show the median household earns about $79,960 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Penns Grove High School, Salem County has 33 public schools.
Lafayette - Pershing is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Penns Grove High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Penns Grove High School at 5th of 5.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's student count rose 18% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 13.4:1, from 11.2:1.
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Salem County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,275
Census ACS
Median income
$79,960
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
11,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
- Field Street SchoolElementary · 463 students
- Penns Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 452 students
- Paul W CarletonElementary · 322 students
- Lafayette - PershingElementary · 313 students
Other schools in CARNEYS POINT
- Field Street SchoolElementary · 463 students
- Lafayette - PershingElementary · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Lafayette - Pershing0.7 mi · 313
- Penns Grove Middle School0.7 mi · 452
- Paul W Carleton0.8 mi · 322
- Field Street School0.9 mi · 463
- Oldmans Township School3.9 mi · 308
- East Side Charter School4.2 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Penns Grove High SchoolHow large is Penns Grove High School?
Penns Grove High School enrolls approximately 632 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Penns Grove High School serve?
Penns Grove High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Penns Grove High School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Penns Grove High School.
How diverse is Penns Grove High School?
Penns Grove High School reports a student body of 15% White, 47% Hispanic, 35% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Penns Grove High School public or private?
Penns Grove High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.