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What's something Salem County Career and Technical High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
754
High
STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM COUNTY VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341458005098
Salem County Career and Technical High School
880 Route 45, WOODSTOWN, NJ 08098 · (856) 769-0101 · Salem County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALCAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% 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
16.6:1
46 FTE teachers
STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
159 students
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 | 192 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 191 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 195 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 176 | 23% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
27.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -32.6pp since 2023
Math
25.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 33 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.8% | 25.4% |
| 2023-24 | 60.4% | 18.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% 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 Salem County Career and Technical High School
Salem County Career and Technical High School's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem County Career and Technical High School this school | 754 | 21.1% | 27.8% |
| Sussex County Technical School Sparta | 672 | 23.5% | 33.3% |
| Cinnaminson High School CINNAMINSON | 929 | 23.7% | 53.8% |
| Haddon Township High School WESTMONT | 609 | 19.5% | 49.9% |
| Audubon Junior/Senior High School AUDUBON | 801 | 26.2% | 36.0% |
| High Point Regional High School District SUSSEX | 791 | 24.1% | 37.0% |
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 Salem County Career and Technical High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Salem County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #268 of 397 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #225 of 400 ▲ 49 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #318 of 395 ▼ 126 | #3 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 754 | #245 of 442 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #372 of 388 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.6% | #296 of 389 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.1% | #276 of 405 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #106 of 173 | N/A |
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
754
+67 (+10%) vs 2020
+117% since 2000-01, when it was 347
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 754 | 45.5 | 16.6:1 | 21% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 733 | 47.5 | 15.4:1 | 18% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 738 | 46.5 | 15.9:1 | 24% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 687 | 42 | 16.4:1 | 25% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 708 | 42.7 | 16.6:1 | 22% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 48 | 15.4:1 | 23% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 692 | 39 | 17.7:1 | 17% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 347 | 19 | 18.3:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salem County Career and Technical High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (708 to 754); teachers up 7% (42.7 to 45.5).
About Salem County Career and Technical High School
Salem County Career and Technical High School is a high school in WOODSTOWN, New Jersey, according to federal school records. The school's 754 students are in grades 9 through 12.
Salem County Career and Technical High School is run by Salem County Vocational Technical School District.
At Salem County Career and Technical High School, White students make up 76% of the student body. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, Salem County is about 73% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 41% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 45.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.6:1. That is higher than the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 21%. The average for public schools in Salem County is 45%.
The allk12 Grade for Salem County Career and Technical High School is C-. Compared with New Jersey public high schools, the school scored higher than 15% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Salem County Career and Technical High School trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 26.8 points (27.8% versus 54.6%), a bottom-10% result in New Jersey on BeatsExpectations.
Salem County census figures show that the median household income is $79,960, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Salem County is home to 33 public schools and about 11,156 public school students.
The school nearest to Salem County Career and Technical High School is NJ Regional Day - Mannington, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 7. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 48.5%; Salem County Career and Technical High School's is 27.8%, ranking 6th of 6.
Salem County Career and Technical High School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 67 more students in 2024-25.
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Salem County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,275
Census ACS
Median income
$79,960
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
11,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WOODSTOWN
- Woodstown High SchoolHigh · 550 students
- Mary S. Shoemaker SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Woodstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 303 students
- NJ Regional Day - ManningtonCombined · 53 students
Nearby schools
- NJ Regional Day - Mannington0.3 mi · 53
- Mary S. Shoemaker School2.8 mi · 528
- Woodstown Middle School2.8 mi · 303
- Woodstown High School2.8 mi · 550
- William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center3.2 mi · 113
- Mannington Township Elementary School3.6 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About Salem County Career and Technical High SchoolHow many students attend Salem County Career and Technical High School?
Salem County Career and Technical High School enrolls approximately 754 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Salem County Career and Technical High School serve?
Salem County Career and Technical High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Salem County Career and Technical High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Salem County Career and Technical High School is approximately 16.6:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Salem County Career and Technical High School?
Student demographics at Salem County Career and Technical High School are roughly 76% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Salem County Career and Technical High School in?
Salem County Career and Technical High School is part of Salem County Vocational Technical School District.
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