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Which teacher or staff member at Raritan High School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
781
High
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAZLET TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341368003826
Raritan High School
419 MIDDLE ROAD, HAZLET, NJ 07730 · (732) 264-8411 · Monmouth County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL781 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of New Jersey public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
12.4:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
179 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 189 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 204 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 174 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 214 | 27% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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 Hazlet Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
41.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -13.8pp since 2023
Math
16.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.2% | 16.1% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 12.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% 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 Raritan High School
Raritan High School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raritan High School this school | 781 | 22.9% | 27.0% |
| Vernon Township High School VERNON | 906 | 24.8% | 45.8% |
| West Milford High School WEST MILFORD | 947 | 22.6% | 29.9% |
| Sussex County Technical School Sparta | 672 | 23.5% | 33.3% |
| High Point Regional High School District SUSSEX | 791 | 24.1% | 37.0% |
| Spotswood High School SPOTSWOOD | 762 | 23.5% | 30.5% |
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 Raritan High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #273 of 397 | #25 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #282 of 400 ▲ 34 | #24 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #253 of 395 ▼ 18 | #25 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 781 | #235 of 442 | #20 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #208 of 388 | #21 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.3% | #297 of 389 | #22 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.9% | #265 of 405 | #13 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #36 of 200 | #3 of 24 |
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
781
-112 (-13%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 967
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 781 | 62.8 | 12.4:1 | 23% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 817 | 68.4 | 11.9:1 | 18% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 838 | 72.3 | 11.6:1 | 17% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 893 | 74 | 12.1:1 | 18% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 940 | 76.5 | 12.3:1 | 20% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 968 | 77 | 12.6:1 | 16% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 1,044 | 73 | 14.3:1 | 10% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 987 | 75 | 13.2:1 | 8% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 967 | 77 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Raritan High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (940 to 781); teachers down 18% (76.5 to 62.8).
About Raritan High School
Raritan High School is a small high school in New Jersey, with an address in HAZLET. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 781 students.
Raritan High School is among 8 schools run by Hazlet Township Public School District, which serves 2,657 students.
Roughly 75% of students at Raritan High School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is close to the 74% White share among all Monmouth County residents. Raritan High School's diversity index is 40%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 62.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Raritan High School and a ratio of 12.4:1. For comparison, high schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 23% of enrollment.
The allk12 Grade for Raritan High School is D. Compared with New Jersey public high schools, the school scored higher than 13% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Raritan High School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.6%. The school's actual rate is 27.0%, 26.6 points lower.
Across Monmouth County, the median household income is $124,845, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Monmouth County is home to 186 public schools and about 91,053 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Monmouth County Vocational Technical High School is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. Raritan High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Raritan High School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Raritan High School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, Raritan High School's enrollment declined 13%, to 781.
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Monmouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
645,353
Census ACS
Median income
$124,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
91,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hazlet Township Public School District
- Hazlet Middle SchoolMiddle · 376 students
- Sycamore Drive Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 341 students
- Middle Road SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Lillian Drive SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Raritan Valley SchoolElementary · 241 students
- Beers Street SchoolMiddle · 198 students
Other schools in HAZLET
- Hazlet Middle SchoolMiddle · 376 students
- Sycamore Drive Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 341 students
- Middle Road SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Lillian Drive SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Raritan Valley SchoolElementary · 241 students
- Beers Street SchoolMiddle · 198 students
Nearby schools
- Monmouth County Vocational Technical High School0.1 mi · 87
- Lillian Drive School0.2 mi · 260
- Hazlet Middle School0.8 mi · 376
- Middle Road School0.9 mi · 285
- Cove Road School1.2 mi · 175
- Joseph R. Bolger Middle School1.4 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Raritan High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Raritan High School?
Raritan High School enrolls approximately 781 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Raritan High School serve?
Raritan High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Raritan High School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Raritan High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Raritan High School?
At Raritan High School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Raritan High School in?
Raritan High School is part of Hazlet Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.