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Enrollment
762
High
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOTSWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341554003660
Spotswood High School
105 SUMMERHILL ROAD, SPOTSWOOD, NJ 08884 · (732) 723-2200 · Middlesex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL762 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of New Jersey public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.5:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
179 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 172 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 212 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 173 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 205 | 27% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Spotswood Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
39.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
29.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +13.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.1% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 35.8% | 16.6% |
% 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
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% 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 Spotswood High School
Spotswood High School's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spotswood High School this school | 762 | 23.5% | 30.5% |
| Vernon Township High School VERNON | 906 | 24.8% | 45.8% |
| Raritan High School HAZLET | 781 | 22.9% | 27.0% |
| Bernards High School Bernardsville | 751 | 18.1% | 56.1% |
| Pompton Lakes High School POMPTON LAKES | 610 | 24.9% | 41.0% |
| Warren Hills Regional High School WASHINGTON | 1,050 | 25.9% | 42.7% |
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 Spotswood High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #250 of 397 | #20 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #189 of 400 ▲ 98 | #13 of 30 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #262 of 395 ▲ 62 | #16 of 27 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 762 | #239 of 442 | #18 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #209 of 388 | #12 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #223 of 389 | #22 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.5% | #263 of 405 | #23 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.2% | #72 of 173 | #9 of 22 |
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
762
+70 (+10%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 715
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
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 | 762 | 61 | 12.5:1 | 23% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 773 | 57 | 13.6:1 | 16% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 745 | 57.6 | 12.9:1 | 11% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 57 | 12.1:1 | 12% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 679 | 58 | 11.7:1 | 10% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 760 | 62 | 12.3:1 | 13% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 766 | 56 | 13.7:1 | 13% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 666 | 56 | 11.9:1 | 5% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 715 | 56 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spotswood High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (679 to 762); teachers up 5% (58 to 61).
About Spotswood High School
Spotswood High School is a high school with a street address in SPOTSWOOD, New Jersey. It reports enrollment of 762 students in grades 9 through 12.
Spotswood Public School District is made up of 4 schools with 1,631 students in all.
White students are 66% of those enrolled at Spotswood High School. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% Black, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 41% White among all Middlesex County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
There are about 12.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Spotswood High School, which has 61. The average ratio among high schools in New Jersey is similar, at 12.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Spotswood High School is about 23%. Public schools in Middlesex County average 42%.
Spotswood High School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of New Jersey public high schools.
Spotswood High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.5%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New Jersey are predicted to post 53.3%, so the school is 22.8 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Middlesex County show that median household income comes to about $111,549, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Middlesex County counts 214 public schools with about 129,255 students.
Of the public schools around it, Spotswood High School is closest to Spotswood Memorial Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. Spotswood High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Spotswood High School's average proficiency of 30.5% compares with 53.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment rose 10% over 4 years, reaching 762 in 2024-25.
The Spotswood High School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Spotswood Public School District
- E Raymond Appleby Elementary SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Spotswood Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 269 students
- G Austin Schoenly Elementary SchoolElementary · 235 students
Other schools in SPOTSWOOD
- E Raymond Appleby Elementary SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Spotswood Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 269 students
- G Austin Schoenly Elementary SchoolElementary · 235 students
Other Spotswood High schools
One other US public school is named Spotswood High. Spotswood High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Spotswood HighPenn Laird, VA · 880 students
Nearby schools
- Spotswood Memorial Middle School0.1 mi · 269
- E Raymond Appleby Elementary School0.4 mi · 365
- G Austin Schoenly Elementary School0.5 mi · 235
- Frost Elementary School1.1 mi · 383
- Woodland School1.3 mi · 261
- Bowne-Munro Elementary School1.4 mi · 201
Frequently asked questions
About Spotswood High SchoolHow many students attend Spotswood High School?
Spotswood High School enrolls approximately 762 students in grades 09-12.
Is Spotswood High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spotswood High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Spotswood High School have?
Spotswood High School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spotswood High School?
At Spotswood High School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 22% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Spotswood High School in?
Spotswood High School is part of Spotswood Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.