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Enrollment
655
High
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341290004470
Pequannock Township High School
85 Sunset Road, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 · (973) 616-6000 · Morris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL655 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of New Jersey public high schools
- A-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
10.1:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
42 students
DISTRICT 5% · 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 | 160 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 183 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 153 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 159 | 24% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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 Pequannock Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
76.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
55.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.3% | 55.2% |
| 2023-24 | 79.8% | 57.3% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Pequannock Township High School
Pequannock Township High School's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pequannock Township High School this school | 655 | 6.4% | 59.2% |
| Indian Hills High School OAKLAND | 668 | 3.4% | 57.1% |
| Voorhees High School Glen Gardner | 733 | 5.5% | 58.9% |
| Ramsey High School RAMSEY | 739 | 5.1% | 65.5% |
| Arthur L. Johnson High School CLARK | 785 | 10.1% | 40.6% |
| James Caldwell High School WEST CALDWELL | 749 | 11.5% | 56.4% |
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 Pequannock Township High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #68 of 397 | #7 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #72 of 400 ▲ 3 | #7 of 25 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #52 of 395 ▲ 26 | #5 of 25 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 655 | #275 of 442 | #18 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #56 of 388 | #8 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.6% | #346 of 389 | #22 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.4% | #355 of 405 | #16 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #125 of 200 | #13 of 18 |
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
655
-36 (-5%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 617
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 655 | 64.8 | 10.1:1 | 6% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 671 | 67.6 | 9.9:1 | 6% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 668 | 66.9 | 10.0:1 | 5% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 691 | 70 | 9.9:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 63.1 | 11.0:1 | 4% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 65 | 11.1:1 | 6% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 721 | 53 | 13.6:1 | 4% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 669 | 55 | 12.2:1 | 2% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 617 | 59 | 10.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pequannock Township High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (697 to 655); teachers up 3% (63.1 to 64.8).
About Pequannock Township High School
Pequannock Township High School is a small high school for students in Pompton Plains, New Jersey. In all, 655 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 29% below the 929-student average for high schools in New Jersey.
A total of 5 schools make up Pequannock Township School District, with 2,097 students enrolled.
At Pequannock Township High School, 81% of students are White. The remaining students are 15% Hispanic and 3% Asian. Census figures show Morris County is about 68% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Pequannock Township High School scores 33%.
Pequannock Township High School reported 64.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 10.1:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in New Jersey is 12.7:1. There are 42 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 6% of enrollment. That is lower than the 19% average for public schools in Morris County.
Pequannock Township High School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of New Jersey public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pequannock Township High School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 59.2% actual against 62.6% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Morris County show that the median household earns about $137,326 a year, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Across Morris County, 156 public schools serve about 72,239 students.
Hillview School sits about 0.4 miles from Pequannock Township High School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Pequannock Township High School is 7th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 5%, from 691 to 655.
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Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pequannock Township School District
- Pequannock Valley SchoolMiddle · 476 students
- Stephen J. Gerace SchoolElementary · 334 students
- North Boulevard SchoolElementary · 326 students
- Hillview SchoolElementary · 306 students
Other schools in Pompton Plains
- Pequannock Valley SchoolMiddle · 476 students
- North Boulevard SchoolElementary · 326 students
- Hillview SchoolElementary · 306 students
Nearby schools
- Hillview School0.4 mi · 306
- Pequannock Valley School0.5 mi · 476
- North Boulevard School0.9 mi · 326
- Stephen J. Gerace School1.1 mi · 334
- Lincoln Park Middle School1.8 mi · 368
- Riverdale School2.2 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About Pequannock Township High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pequannock Township High School?
Pequannock Township High School enrolls approximately 655 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Pequannock Township High School serve?
Pequannock Township High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Pequannock Township High School have?
Pequannock Township High School employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
How diverse is Pequannock Township High School?
Pequannock Township High School reports a student body of 81% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Pequannock Township High School in?
Pequannock Township High School is part of Pequannock Township School District.
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