Somerset County Vocational Technical High School

As a rural-scale 9-12 campus in Bridgewater, New Jersey, Somerset County Vocational Technical High School educates 332 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Somerset County Vocational and Technical School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Somerset County Vocational Technical High School sits 64% smaller than that benchmark.

Somerset County Vocational Technical High School sits inside Somerset County Vocational and Technical School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Somerset County Vocational Technical High School reports that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Asian, 23% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 52% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Somerset County (around 28%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Somerset County Vocational Technical High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.6%, the actual is 59.9%, a residual of +4.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Somerset County indicate median household earnings sit near $140,374, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Somerset County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), of which Somerset County Vocational Technical High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Somerville High School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Somerset County Vocational Technical High School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 50.8%.

Somerset County Vocational Technical High School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Somerset County Vocational Technical High School has climbed 5%, going from 315 students in 2018 to 332 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 46% to 37% over that span.

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