South River High School

South River High School is one of the compact 9-12 campuss in SOUTH RIVER, New Jersey, one of the schools within South River Public School District, with 716 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 23% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

South River High School is one of 5 schools operated by South River Public School District, a district that hosts 2,395 students overall.

On demographics, South River High School reports that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 42% White, 5% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Middlesex County (around 42%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, South River High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.0%, the actual is 19.7%, a residual of -11.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) logs that median household earnings sit near $111,549, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. South River High School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).

Nearest neighbor: South River Early Learning Center, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, South River High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 48.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South River High School has expanded 12%, going from 640 students in 2018 to 716 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 34% to 49% across the same window.

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