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Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School is one of the average-sized four-year high schools in RUMSON, New Jersey, part of Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District, with 816 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School sits inside Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
On the student-mix side, Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School lists that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 1% of students at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Monmouth County (around 29%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
With demographic context factored in, Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.7%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Monmouth County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,845 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students).
Forrestdale School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Over the past 7-year window. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School's enrollment has fell 17% since 2018, when it stood at 982 (now 816). White enrollment moved from 93% to 89% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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