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Enrollment
806
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SADDLE BROOK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341449000824
Saddle Brook Middle/High School
355 MAYHILL STREET, SADDLE BROOK, NJ 07663 · (201) 843-2880 · Bergen County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL806 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of New Jersey public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
12.8:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
249 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 7 | 147 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 140 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 142 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 144 | 18% |
Student demographics
57%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
Based on grade levels within Saddle Brook School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
61.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
39.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.4% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.2% | 31.7% |
% 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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Saddle Brook Middle/High School
Saddle Brook Middle/High School's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Brook Middle/High School this school | 806 | 30.9% | 41.5% |
| Hackettstown High School HACKETTSTOWN | 868 | 30.1% | 45.8% |
| Newton High School NEWTON | 680 | 29.3% | 31.2% |
| Boonton High School BOONTON | 646 | 32.5% | 47.4% |
| David Brearley Middle/High School Kenilworth | 774 | 33.2% | 28.9% |
| Pompton Lakes High School POMPTON LAKES | 610 | 24.9% | 41.0% |
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 Saddle Brook Middle/High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #160 of 397 | #34 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #128 of 400 ▲ 52 | #30 of 48 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #133 of 395 ▲ 59 | #30 of 48 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 806 | #224 of 442 | #26 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #232 of 388 | #34 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #165 of 389 | #28 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.9% | #229 of 405 | #18 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #125 of 173 | #13 of 16 |
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
806
+30 (+4%) vs 2020
+107% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
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 | 806 | 62.9 | 12.8:1 | 31% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 804 | 65.9 | 12.2:1 | 24% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 810 | 65.6 | 12.3:1 | 15% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 776 | 64 | 12.1:1 | 21% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 771 | 66 | 11.7:1 | 17% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 799 | 66 | 12.1:1 | 19% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 786 | 50 | 15.7:1 | 14% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 685 | 46 | 14.9:1 | 8% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 34 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saddle Brook Middle/High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (771 to 806); teachers down 5% (66 to 62.9).
About Saddle Brook Middle/High School
Saddle Brook Middle/High School is a mid-sized high school in SADDLE BROOK, New Jersey, one of the schools in Saddle Brook School District. It had 806 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 7 through 12.
Saddle Brook School District operates 5 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,836 students.
Federal enrollment data show Saddle Brook Middle/High School is 56% White. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 3% Black. In Bergen County overall, the White share is about 55%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
For every teacher at Saddle Brook Middle/High School, there are about 12.8 students; the school has 62.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. There are 249 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 31% of enrollment.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Saddle Brook Middle/High School outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Saddle Brook Middle/High School scores 41.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 49.3%.
The school is in Bergen County, where the median household earns about $124,884 a year, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Saddle Brook Middle/High School shares Bergen County with 290 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Washington School is about 0.6 miles from Saddle Brook Middle/High School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Saddle Brook Middle/High School is 5th of 7 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Saddle Brook Middle/High School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 776 to 806, a 4% rise.
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Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saddle Brook School District
- Helen I. Smith SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Franklin SchoolElementary · 328 students
- Salome H. Long Memorial SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Washington SchoolElementary · 58 students
Other schools in SADDLE BROOK
- Helen I. Smith SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Franklin SchoolElementary · 328 students
- Salome H. Long Memorial SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Washington SchoolElementary · 58 students
Nearby schools
- Washington School0.6 mi · 58
- Helen I. Smith School0.6 mi · 340
- Midland School #10.7 mi · 458
- Franklin School0.9 mi · 328
- Salome H. Long Memorial School1.0 mi · 304
- Lodi High School1.2 mi · 906
Frequently asked questions
About Saddle Brook Middle/High SchoolHow large is Saddle Brook Middle/High School?
Saddle Brook Middle/High School enrolls approximately 806 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Saddle Brook Middle/High School serve?
Saddle Brook Middle/High School serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Saddle Brook Middle/High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Saddle Brook Middle/High School is approximately 12.8:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Saddle Brook Middle/High School?
Student demographics at Saddle Brook Middle/High School are roughly 56% White, 33% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Saddle Brook Middle/High School?
Saddle Brook Middle/High School is overseen by Saddle Brook School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.