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Enrollment
593
High
DISTRICT 401 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSELLE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341431005664
Roselle Park High School
185 W WEBSTER AVE, ROSELLE PARK, NJ 07204 · (908) 241-4550 · Union County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- 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
13.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
333 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 121 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 151 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 150 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 171 | 29% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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 Roselle Park Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
46.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -16.6pp since 2023
Math
29.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +19.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.5% | 29.1% |
| 2023-24 | 63.1% | 9.6% |
% 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
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Roselle Park High School
Roselle Park High School's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roselle Park High School this school | 593 | 56.2% | 31.8% |
| Weehawken High School WEEHAWKEN | 604 | 52.8% | 30.6% |
| Manville High School Manville | 528 | 64.2% | 17.5% |
| Hoboken High School HOBOKEN | 652 | 52.1% | 45.1% |
| Lodi High School LODI | 906 | 62.5% | 36.5% |
| South Amboy Middle/High School SOUTH AMBOY | 616 | 58.6% | 20.7% |
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 Roselle Park High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #240 of 397 | #16 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #197 of 400 ▲ 131 | #14 of 31 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #234 of 395 ▼ 69 | #21 of 31 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #295 of 442 | #23 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #251 of 388 | #9 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #181 of 389 | #14 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.2% | #122 of 405 | #16 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #182 of 200 | #6 of 6 |
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
593
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
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 | 593 | 45.1 | 13.1:1 | 56% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 641 | 47.6 | 13.5:1 | 48% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 630 | 50.5 | 12.5:1 | 44% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 609 | 49 | 12.4:1 | 34% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 52.8 | 11.4:1 | 40% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 54 | 11.4:1 | 44% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | 49 | 12.8:1 | 36% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 709 | 56 | 12.7:1 | 19% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 47 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roselle Park High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (602 to 593); teachers down 14% (52.8 to 45.1).
About Roselle Park High School
Roselle Park High School is a high school with a street address in ROSELLE PARK, New Jersey. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 593 students. It has 36% fewer students than the average for high schools in New Jersey (about 929).
Roselle Park Public School District serves 2,007 students across 5 schools.
About 61% of the student body at Roselle Park High School is Hispanic. Other groups include 25% White, 8% Black, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Union County residents are about 35% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roselle Park High School is 13.1:1, based on 45.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. Roselle Park High School counts 56% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Roselle Park High School lands at B-, ahead of 49% of New Jersey public high schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Roselle Park High School is 3.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 31.8%. Predicted: 35.4%.
In Union County, the median household earns about $103,202 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Union County has 180 public schools with about 99,046 students, including Roselle Park High School.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Robert Gordon Elementary School, is the closest to Roselle Park High School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Roselle Park High School is 5th of 6 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Roselle Park High School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Roselle Park High School enrolled 609 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 593.
The allk12 page for Roselle Park High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roselle Park Public School District
- Roselle Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Sherman Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Robert Gordon Elementary SchoolElementary · 325 students
- Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene SchoolElementary · 287 students
Other schools in ROSELLE PARK
- Roselle Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Sherman Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Robert Gordon Elementary SchoolElementary · 325 students
- Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene SchoolElementary · 287 students
Nearby schools
- Robert Gordon Elementary School0.3 mi · 325
- Roselle Park Middle School0.3 mi · 438
- Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School0.4 mi · 287
- Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery HS0.7 mi · 10
- Kindergarten Success Academy0.8 mi · 217
- Sherman Elementary School0.9 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Roselle Park High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Roselle Park High School?
Roselle Park High School enrolls approximately 593 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Roselle Park High School serve?
Roselle Park High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Roselle Park High School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Roselle Park High School.
How diverse is Roselle Park High School?
Roselle Park High School reports a student body of 25% White, 61% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Roselle Park High School in?
Roselle Park High School is part of Roselle Park Public School District.
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