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What's something Summit High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,198
High
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341590005708
Summit High School
125 KENT PLACE BLVD, SUMMIT, NJ 07901 · (908) 273-1494 · Union County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,198 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 91% of New Jersey public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.3:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
235 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 | 309 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 300 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 288 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 301 | 25% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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 Summit Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
75.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -6.4pp since 2023
Math
71.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.3% | 71.3% |
| 2023-24 | 81.7% | 67.5% |
% 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
68.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Summit High School
Summit High School's state test result (68.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit High School this school | 1,198 | 19.6% | 68.6% |
| Roxbury High School SUCCASUNNA | 1,179 | 23.2% | 37.7% |
| Morris Knolls High School ROCKAWAY | 1,450 | 15.0% | 52.6% |
| Colts Neck High School COLTS NECK | 1,430 | 23.6% | 48.9% |
| Nutley High School NUTLEY | 1,222 | 15.4% | 45.8% |
| Mainland Regional High School LINWOOD | 1,160 | 26.6% | 39.5% |
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 Summit High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #39 of 397 | #5 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #31 of 400 ▲ 13 | #4 of 31 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #59 of 395 ▲ 3 | #9 of 31 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,198 | #126 of 442 | #10 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #135 of 388 | #6 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #140 of 389 | #11 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.6% | #279 of 405 | #20 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #166 of 173 | #23 of 24 |
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
1,198
+46 (+4%) vs 2020
+75% since 1990-91, when it was 683
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 1,198 | 105.6 | 11.3:1 | 20% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 1,176 | 107.1 | 11.0:1 | 17% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 1,161 | 108.5 | 10.7:1 | 14% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 1,152 | 109 | 10.6:1 | 15% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 1,192 | 109 | 10.9:1 | 16% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 1,278 | 107 | 11.9:1 | 17% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 1,024 | 78 | 13.1:1 | 12% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 735 | 57 | 12.9:1 | 10% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 683 | 53 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Summit High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,192 to 1,198); teachers down 3% (109 to 105.6).
About Summit High School
Summit High School, a mid-sized high school, is located in SUMMIT, New Jersey. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,198 students. High schools in New Jersey have about 929 students on average; enrollment here is 29% higher.
Summit High School is among 9 schools run by Summit Public School District, which serves 3,987 students.
White students are 58% of those enrolled at Summit High School. The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Union County's population at about 39%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 105.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.3:1. Across high schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 12.7:1. Roughly 20% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Union County is 52%.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Summit High School outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 55.4% for Summit High School. The school posts 68.6%, 13.2 points above the prediction.
In the wider Union County area, median household income comes to about $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Union County counts 180 public schools with about 99,046 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Washington Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Summit High School is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school grew from 1,152 students in 2020-21 to 1,198 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Summit High School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Summit Public School District
- Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle SchoolMiddle · 871 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
- Brayton Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
Other schools in SUMMIT
- Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle SchoolMiddle · 871 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
- Brayton Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
Other Summit High schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Summit High. Summit High School is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Summit HighFontana, CA · 2,725 students
- Summit High SchoolSpring Hill, TN · 1,609 students
- Summit High SchoolBend, OR · 1,282 students
- Summit High SchoolBRECKENRIDGE, CO · 1,060 students
- Summit HighAMERICAN FORK, UT · 104 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary School0.4 mi · 323
- Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary School0.5 mi · 351
- Primary Center at Wilson0.6 mi · 203
- Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School0.8 mi · 871
- Franklin Elementary School0.8 mi · 369
- Brayton Elementary School0.9 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About Summit High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Summit High School?
Summit High School enrolls approximately 1,198 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Summit High School serve?
Summit High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Summit High School have?
Summit High School employs 106 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Summit High School?
At Summit High School, the student body is approximately 58% White, 24% Hispanic, 5% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Summit High School public or private?
Summit High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Summit Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.