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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Point Pleasant Borough High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
831
High
DISTRICT 664 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341329004692
Point Pleasant Borough High School
830 LAURA HERBERT DR, POINT PLEASANT, NJ 08742 · (732) 701-1900 · Ocean County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL831 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% 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.
- 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
10.7:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
131 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 188 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 200 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 215 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 228 | 27% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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 Point Pleasant Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -26.8pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 27 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.8% | 42.8% |
% 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Point Pleasant Borough High School
Point Pleasant Borough High School's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Pleasant Borough High School this school | 831 | 15.8% | 47.0% |
| Kittatinny Regional High School NEWTON | 733 | 15.4% | 42.0% |
| Wall High School WALL | 924 | 14.3% | 45.1% |
| Manasquan High School Manasquan | 917 | 15.8% | 49.8% |
| Delaware Valley Regional High School Frenchtown | 705 | 12.8% | 41.0% |
| Ocean City High School OCEAN CITY | 1,106 | 15.0% | 50.8% |
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 Point Pleasant Borough High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #128 of 397 | #2 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #147 of 400 ▼ 25 | #4 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #215 of 395 ▼ 122 | #5 of 18 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 831 | #215 of 442 | #15 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #78 of 388 | #3 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.1% | #367 of 389 | #18 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.8% | #307 of 405 | #18 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #173 of 200 | #9 of 11 |
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
831
-42 (-5%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 793
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 831 | 78 | 10.7:1 | 16% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 856 | 80.4 | 10.7:1 | 9% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 898 | 81 | 11.1:1 | 9% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 873 | 83 | 10.5:1 | 11% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 850 | 76 | 11.2:1 | 13% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 902 | 79 | 11.4:1 | 16% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 1,017 | 66 | 15.4:1 | 7% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 956 | 70 | 13.7:1 | 3% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 793 | 56 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Point Pleasant Borough High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (850 to 831); teachers up 3% (76 to 78).
About Point Pleasant Borough High School
Point Pleasant Borough High School is a high school with a street address in POINT PLEASANT, New Jersey. A total of 831 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12.
Point Pleasant Borough High School falls under Point Pleasant Borough School District, which has 4 schools enrolling 2,654 students.
The student body at Point Pleasant Borough High School is 85% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic. That is close to the 83% White share among all Ocean County residents. Point Pleasant Borough High School's diversity index is 25%, against a US figure of 70%.
Point Pleasant Borough High School employs 78 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.7:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. Point Pleasant Borough High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 16%. Public schools in Ocean County average 44%.
allk12 grades Point Pleasant Borough High School a B. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Point Pleasant Borough High School, the prediction is 57.5% and the result is 47.0%.
Across Ocean County, the median household income is $89,863, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Ocean County is home to 117 public schools and about 66,051 public school students.
The closest public school, Memorial Middle School, is about 0.1 miles from Point Pleasant Borough High School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Point Pleasant Borough High School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Point Pleasant Borough High School's enrollment declined 5%, to 831.
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Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Point Pleasant Borough School District
- Nellie F. Bennett Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 634 students
- Ocean Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Other schools in POINT PLEASANT
- Nellie F. Bennett Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 634 students
- Ocean Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial Middle School0.1 mi · 634
- Ocean Road Elementary School0.6 mi · 483
- Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School0.8 mi · 706
- Bay Head Elementary1.2 mi · 125
- Point Pleasant Beach High School1.3 mi · 331
- Midstreams Elementary School1.7 mi · 558
Frequently asked questions
About Point Pleasant Borough High SchoolHow many students attend Point Pleasant Borough High School?
Point Pleasant Borough High School enrolls approximately 831 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Point Pleasant Borough High School serve?
Point Pleasant Borough High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Point Pleasant Borough High School?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at Point Pleasant Borough High School.
What is the student diversity at Point Pleasant Borough High School?
Student demographics at Point Pleasant Borough High School are roughly 85% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Point Pleasant Borough High School in?
Point Pleasant Borough High School is part of Point Pleasant Borough School District.
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