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Enrollment
2,666
High
DISTRICT 632 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH BRUNSWICK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341521003610
South Brunswick High School
750 RIDGE ROAD, MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ 08852 · (732) 329-4044 · Middlesex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,666 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of New Jersey public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.2:1
188 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
440 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 663 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 661 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 668 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 674 | 25% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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 South Brunswick School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
70.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -9.4pp since 2023
Math
51.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.9% | 51.9% |
| 2023-24 | 80.3% | 49.3% |
% 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 South Brunswick High School
South Brunswick High School's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Brunswick High School this school | 2,666 | 16.5% | 58.9% |
| West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South West Windsor | 1,627 | 9.3% | 73.6% |
| Montgomery High School Skillman | 1,611 | 7.8% | 75.9% |
| West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North PLAINSBORO | 1,510 | 6.3% | 72.5% |
| Bergen County Academies Hackensack | 1,130 | 9.7% | 98.0% |
| Monroe Township High School MONROE TOWNSHIP | 2,583 | 13.9% | 55.4% |
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 South Brunswick High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #71 of 397 | #6 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #87 of 400 ▲ 15 | #7 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #73 of 395 no change | #4 of 27 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,666 | #9 of 442 | #3 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #326 of 388 | #25 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #197 of 389 | #21 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.5% | #301 of 405 | #24 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #85 of 200 | #2 of 7 |
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
2,666
-311 (-10%) vs 2020
+171% since 1990-91, when it was 984
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 2,666 | 188.4 | 14.2:1 | 17% (440) |
| 2023-24 | 2,728 | 196.6 | 13.9:1 | 14% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 2,786 | 203.6 | 13.7:1 | 10% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 2,977 | 191 | 15.6:1 | 13% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 2,972 | 198.3 | 15.0:1 | 13% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 2,915 | 195 | 14.9:1 | 11% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 2,139 | 170 | 12.6:1 | 9% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 1,942 | 139 | 14.0:1 | 4% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 984 | 85 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Brunswick High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (2,972 to 2,666); teachers down 5% (198.3 to 188.4).
About South Brunswick High School
In MONMOUTH JUNCTION, New Jersey, part of Middlesex County, South Brunswick High School is a high school. Enrollment stands at 2,666 students, covering grades 9 through 12. It has 187% more students than the average for high schools in New Jersey (about 929).
South Brunswick High School is part of South Brunswick School District, where 12 schools serve 7,589 students.
More than half of enrollment at South Brunswick High School is Asian: 65%. Other groups make up 17% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 2% multiracial. Middlesex County as a whole is about 26% Asian, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
On staff are 188.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. Statewide, high schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1. South Brunswick High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 17%. Public schools in Middlesex County average 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, South Brunswick High School lands at A-, ahead of 83% of New Jersey public high schools.
South Brunswick High School is 1.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (58.9% versus 57.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Middlesex County show that median household income comes to about $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Middlesex County counts 214 public schools with about 129,255 students.
Monmouth Junction Elementary School is the nearest public school to South Brunswick High School, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 65.4% proficiency; South Brunswick High School posts 58.9%.
NCES assigns South Brunswick 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.
Enrollment was 2,666 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 2,977. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.6:1 in 2020-21, and 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at South Brunswick High School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Brunswick School District
- Crossroads North Middle SchoolMiddle · 935 students
- Crossroads South Middle SchoolMiddle · 812 students
- Brooks Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Constable Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Indian Fields Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
- Brunswick Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
Other schools in MONMOUTH JUNCTION
- Crossroads North Middle SchoolMiddle · 935 students
- Crossroads South Middle SchoolMiddle · 812 students
- Brooks Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Monmouth Junction Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Deans Elementary SchoolElementary · 75 students
Other South Brunswick High schools
One other US public school is named South Brunswick High. South Brunswick High School is the largest of the 2.
- South Brunswick HighSouthport, NC · 1,154 students
Nearby schools
- Monmouth Junction Elementary School0.9 mi · 301
- Crossroads South Middle School2.2 mi · 812
- Crossroads North Middle School2.4 mi · 935
- Constable Elementary School2.7 mi · 476
- Dayton Elementary School2.9 mi · 110
- Town Center Elementary School at Plainsboro2.9 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About South Brunswick High SchoolHow large is South Brunswick High School?
South Brunswick High School enrolls approximately 2,666 students in grades 09-12.
Is South Brunswick High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
South Brunswick High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does South Brunswick High School have?
South Brunswick High School employs 188 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at South Brunswick High School?
Student demographics at South Brunswick High School are roughly 17% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 65% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is South Brunswick High School in?
South Brunswick High School is part of South Brunswick School District.
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