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Enrollment
839
High
STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STERLING REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340288001662
Sterling High School
501 South Warwick Road, Somerdale, NJ 08083 · (856) 784-1333 · Camden County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL839 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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
11.8:1
71 FTE teachers
STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
324 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 | 207 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 211 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 211 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 210 | 25% |
Student demographics
67%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
32.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -10.2pp since 2023
Math
12.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.6% | 12.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.8% | 21.2% |
% 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
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% 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 Sterling High School
Sterling High School's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling High School this school | 839 | 38.6% | 23.4% |
| Burlington County Institute of Technology - Medford Medford | 896 | 36.5% | 41.8% |
| Monmouth Regional High School TINTON FALLS | 891 | 35.2% | 33.1% |
| Ocean Township High School OAKHURST | 925 | 35.4% | 36.1% |
| Cedar Creek High School EGG HARBOR CITY | 928 | 44.1% | 40.1% |
| Deptford Township High School DEPTFORD | 1,098 | 38.7% | 25.8% |
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 Sterling High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #301 of 397 | #15 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #310 of 400 ▼ 53 | #16 of 24 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #296 of 395 ▼ 6 | #15 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 839 | #214 of 442 | #12 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #163 of 388 | #10 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #79 of 389 | #7 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.6% | #195 of 405 | #16 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #58 of 200 | #5 of 13 |
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
839
-73 (-8%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 725
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 839 | 71.4 | 11.8:1 | 39% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 881 | 72 | 12.2:1 | 32% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 894 | 70 | 12.8:1 | 33% (299) |
| 2020-21 | 912 | 69 | 13.2:1 | 35% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 963 | 70 | 13.8:1 | 35% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 929 | 70 | 13.3:1 | 33% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 980 | 63 | 15.6:1 | 23% (222) |
| 2000-01 | 887 | 76 | 11.7:1 | 9% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 725 | 56 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sterling High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (963 to 839); teachers up 2% (70 to 71.4).
About Sterling High School
Sterling High School is a mid-sized high school in Somerdale, New Jersey, under Sterling Regional School District. The school enrolls 839 students in grades 9 through 12.
Sterling High School is listed under Sterling Regional School District in federal data.
At Sterling High School, White students make up the biggest share, 49%. Other groups make up 22% Hispanic, 19% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Sterling High School are from different groups.
The school has 71.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.8 students per teacher. High schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 12.7:1. The school reported 39% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Camden County report 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sterling High School lands at D, ahead of 11% of New Jersey public high schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Sterling High School is 45.0%. It actually posts 23.4%, which is 21.6 points lower and in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
The county, Camden County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $88,755 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Sterling High School, Camden County has 158 public schools.
Sterling High School's closest public school neighbor is Samuel S. Yellin Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Sterling High School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Sterling High School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, Sterling High School enrolled 912 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 839. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.2:1 to 11.8:1.
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Camden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
527,257
Census ACS
Median income
$88,755
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
158
82,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Sterling High schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Sterling High. Sterling High School is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Sterling High SchoolBAYTOWN, TX · 2,150 students
- Sterling High SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 1,146 students
- Sterling High SchoolSterling, IL · 999 students
- Sterling High SchoolSTERLING, CO · 421 students
- Sterling High SchoolSterling, OK · 99 students
Nearby schools
- Samuel S. Yellin Elementary School0.5 mi · 527
- Parkview Elementary School0.5 mi · 357
- Somerdale Park School1.0 mi · 447
- Chews Elementary School1.3 mi · 716
- Laurel Springs School1.5 mi · 179
- Magnolia1.6 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About Sterling High SchoolHow many students attend Sterling High School?
Sterling High School enrolls approximately 839 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Sterling High School serve?
Sterling High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Sterling High School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Sterling High School.
How diverse is Sterling High School?
Sterling High School reports a student body of 49% White, 22% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Sterling High School?
Sterling High School is overseen by Sterling Regional School District in Camden County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.