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Enrollment
2,769
High
DISTRICT 820 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERTH AMBOY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341293003530
Perth Amboy High School
931 Convery Blvd, PERTH AMBOY, NJ 08861 · (732) 376-6030 · Middlesex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,769 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of New Jersey public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.8:1
188 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
1,934 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 660 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 706 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 707 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 696 | 25% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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 Perth Amboy Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
33.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -11.4pp since 2023
Math
9.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 9.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.4% | 8.2% |
% 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
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Perth Amboy High School
Perth Amboy High School's state test result (19.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Amboy High School this school | 2,769 | 69.8% | 19.4% |
| Union City High School Union City | 3,147 | 73.2% | 29.4% |
| North Bergen High School N BERGEN | 2,328 | 66.1% | 18.9% |
| Plainfield High School PLAINFIELD | 2,077 | 75.4% | 9.5% |
| East Side High School NEWARK | 2,046 | 77.2% | 12.9% |
| Barringer High School NEWARK | 1,894 | 59.7% | 2.8% |
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 Perth Amboy High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #324 of 397 | #28 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #329 of 400 ▲ 16 | #27 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #294 of 395 ▼ 13 | #20 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,769 | #5 of 442 | #1 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #344 of 388 | #26 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.8% | #386 of 389 | #29 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #68 of 405 | #5 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.4% | #28 of 173 | #3 of 22 |
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
2,769
+222 (+9%) vs 2020
+81% since 1990-91, when it was 1,526
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 2,769 | 187.5 | 14.8:1 | 70% (1,934) |
| 2023-24 | 2,685 | 180.7 | 14.9:1 | 68% (1,836) |
| 2022-23 | 2,658 | 187.3 | 14.2:1 | 78% (2,078) |
| 2020-21 | 2,547 | 205 | 12.4:1 | 85% (2,167) |
| 2017-18 | 2,208 | 199.5 | 11.1:1 | 91% (2,014) |
| 2015-16 | 2,071 | 217 | 9.5:1 | 77% (1,588) |
| 2010-11 | 2,539 | 140 | 18.1:1 | 53% (1,337) |
| 2000-01 | 1,898 | 126 | 15.1:1 | 68% (1,300) |
| 1990-91 | 1,526 | 114 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perth Amboy High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (2,208 to 2,769); teachers down 6% (199.5 to 187.5).
About Perth Amboy High School
Perth Amboy High School is a high school in PERTH AMBOY, New Jersey, and it is part of Perth Amboy Public School District. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 2,769 students. High schools in New Jersey average about 929 students, which makes this school 198% bigger than average.
Perth Amboy High School is part of Perth Amboy Public School District, where 12 schools serve 9,845 students.
By race and ethnicity, Perth Amboy High School is 94% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 4% Black. Middlesex County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 11% means there is an 11% chance two randomly chosen students at Perth Amboy High School are from different groups.
Staffing at Perth Amboy High School comes to 187.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.8:1. The school's 14.8:1 compares with an average of 12.7:1 for high schools in New Jersey. On the income side, 70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 42% average for public schools in Middlesex County is 28 points lower.
Perth Amboy High School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 29% of New Jersey public high schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Perth Amboy High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 19.4%; the prediction is 27.9%.
The school's county is Middlesex County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $111,549 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Perth Amboy High School shares Middlesex County with 213 other public schools.
Perth Amboy High School's nearest public school is James J. Flynn Elementary School (about 0.2 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Perth Amboy High School. On state test proficiency, Perth Amboy High School ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
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.
A 9% gain took enrollment from 2,547 in 2020-21 to 2,769 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.4:1 to 14.8:1.
This page is set up for the Perth Amboy High School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Perth Amboy Public School District
- William C. McGinnis Middle SchoolMiddle · 984 students
- Samuel E. Shull Middle SchoolMiddle · 941 students
- Rose M. Lopez Elementary SchoolElementary · 793 students
- Edward J. Patten Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Robert N. Wilentz Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
Other schools in PERTH AMBOY
- William C. McGinnis Middle SchoolMiddle · 984 students
- Samuel E. Shull Middle SchoolMiddle · 941 students
- Rose M. Lopez Elementary SchoolElementary · 793 students
- Middlesex County STEM Charter SchoolElementary · 739 students
- Edward J. Patten Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century SchoolElementary · 632 students
Nearby schools
- James J. Flynn Elementary School0.2 mi · 599
- Edmund Hmieleski Early Childhood Center0.3 mi · 342
- Woodbridge Academy Magnet School0.5 mi · 288
- Middlesex County STEM Charter School0.7 mi · 739
- Samuel E. Shull Middle School0.9 mi · 941
- Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School0.9 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Perth Amboy High SchoolHow large is Perth Amboy High School?
Perth Amboy High School enrolls approximately 2,769 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Perth Amboy High School serve?
Perth Amboy High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Perth Amboy High School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Perth Amboy High School.
How diverse is Perth Amboy High School?
Perth Amboy High School reports a student body of 1% White, 94% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Perth Amboy High School public or private?
Perth Amboy High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Perth Amboy Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.