Enrollment
269
High
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLESEX COUNTY VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341008003424
Perth Amboy Magnet School
457 HIGH STREET, PERTH AMBOY, NJ 08861 · (732) 376-6300 · Middlesex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of New Jersey public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
200 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 68 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 72 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 66 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 63 | 23% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
34.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -36.7pp since 2023
Math
33.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.3pp since 2023
What 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 33 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 37 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 33.4% |
| 2023-24 | 71.6% | 31.1% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Magnet School
Perth Amboy Magnet School's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Amboy Magnet School this school | 269 | 74.3% | 38.9% |
| J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy Elizabeth | 415 | 81.0% | 24.5% |
| Newark School of Global Studies Newark | 377 | 83.6% | 12.8% |
| The Barack Obama Green Charter School Plainfield | 358 | 78.2% | 14.2% |
| Paterson STEAM High School PATERSON | 379 | 64.6% | 13.4% |
| Achievers Early College Prep Charter School Trenton | 543 | 78.3% | 28.3% |
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 Magnet School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #189 of 397 | #13 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #165 of 400 ▲ 20 | #10 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #283 of 395 ▼ 160 | #18 of 27 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #380 of 442 | #28 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #363 of 388 | #28 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.6% | #313 of 389 | #24 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.3% | #50 of 405 | #3 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #134 of 200 | #6 of 7 |
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
269
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 307
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
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 | 269 | 17 | 15.8:1 | 74% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 262 | 23 | 11.4:1 | 52% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 264 | 22 | 12.0:1 | 69% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 22 | 12.4:1 | 58% (159) |
| 2017-18 | 285 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 63% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 70% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 299 | 21 | 14.2:1 | 60% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 207 | 26 | 8.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 307 | 27 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perth Amboy Magnet School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (285 to 269); teachers down 23% (22 to 17).
About Perth Amboy Magnet School
PERTH AMBOY, New Jersey, is home to Perth Amboy Magnet School, a small high school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 269 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 929-student average for high schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 71% lower.
The 5 schools of Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District, including Perth Amboy Magnet School, enroll 2,115 students.
Perth Amboy Magnet School's enrollment is 77% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 10% Black and 10% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Middlesex County's population at about 24%. By the diversity index, Perth Amboy Magnet School comes in at 38%.
Federal data list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers at Perth Amboy Magnet School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.8:1. Among high schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 12.7:1. The lunch program counts 74% of students at Perth Amboy Magnet School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 42% average for public schools in Middlesex County.
Measured against New Jersey public high schools, Perth Amboy Magnet School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Perth Amboy Magnet School, the prediction is 25.5% and the result is 38.9%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Middlesex County, median household income is about $111,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. A total of 214 public schools operate in Middlesex County, serving about 129,255 students.
Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School is located about 0.2 miles from Perth Amboy Magnet School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 38.9% is above the 20.3% average for nearby schools.
Perth Amboy Magnet School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 272 students in 2020-21 and 269 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.4:1 to 15.8:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Perth Amboy Magnet School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District
- East Brunswick Magnet SchoolHigh · 745 students
- Piscataway Magnet SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Woodbridge Academy Magnet SchoolHigh · 288 students
- Edison Academy Magnet SchoolHigh · 173 students
Other schools in PERTH AMBOY
- Perth Amboy High SchoolHigh · 2,769 students
- 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
Nearby schools
- Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School0.2 mi · 559
- Edward J. Patten Elementary School0.3 mi · 649
- Ignacio Cruz Early Childhood Center0.5 mi · 577
- William C. McGinnis Middle School0.5 mi · 984
- Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School0.8 mi · 632
- Samuel E. Shull Middle School0.8 mi · 941
Frequently asked questions
About Perth Amboy Magnet SchoolHow large is Perth Amboy Magnet School?
Perth Amboy Magnet School enrolls approximately 269 students in grades 09-12.
Is Perth Amboy Magnet School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Perth Amboy Magnet School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Perth Amboy Magnet School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Perth Amboy Magnet School is approximately 15.8:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Perth Amboy Magnet School?
Perth Amboy Magnet School reports a student body of 10% White, 77% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is Perth Amboy Magnet School in?
Perth Amboy Magnet School is part of Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.