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Best kept secret at Sussex County Technical School?
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Enrollment
672
High
STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUSSEX COUNTY TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341593005416
Sussex County Technical School
105 North Church Road, Sparta, NJ 07871 · (973) 383-6700 · Sussex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALCAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% 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
12.8:1
53 FTE teachers
STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
158 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 | 167 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 168 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 177 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 160 | 24% |
Student demographics
38%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
46.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -9.2pp since 2023
Math
14.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.6% | 14.5% |
| 2023-24 | 55.8% | 14.9% |
% 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Sussex County Technical School
Sussex County Technical School's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sussex County Technical School this school | 672 | 23.5% | 33.3% |
| Salem County Career and Technical High School WOODSTOWN | 754 | 21.1% | 27.8% |
| Raritan High School HAZLET | 781 | 22.9% | 27.0% |
| High Point Regional High School District SUSSEX | 791 | 24.1% | 37.0% |
| Audubon Junior/Senior High School AUDUBON | 801 | 26.2% | 36.0% |
| Haddon Township High School WESTMONT | 609 | 19.5% | 49.9% |
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 Sussex County Technical School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Sussex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #228 of 397 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #296 of 400 ▲ 5 | #9 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #233 of 395 ▼ 3 | #8 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #270 of 442 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #229 of 388 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.7% | #312 of 389 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.5% | #262 of 405 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #60 of 200 | #3 of 8 |
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
672
-31 (-4%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 672 | 52.5 | 12.8:1 | 24% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 58 | 11.9:1 | 13% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 679 | 60 | 11.3:1 | 16% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 703 | 61 | 11.5:1 | 15% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 770 | 62 | 12.4:1 | 5% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 756 | 63 | 12.0:1 | 15% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 567 | 52 | 10.9:1 | 16% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 618 | 62 | 10.0:1 | 12% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 64 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sussex County Technical School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (770 to 672); teachers down 15% (62 to 52.5).
About Sussex County Technical School
In Sparta, New Jersey, part of Sussex County, Sussex County Technical School is a high school. It reports enrollment of 672 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 28% below the 929-student average for high schools in New Jersey.
Sussex County Technical School District is responsible for Sussex County Technical School.
More than half of the students at Sussex County Technical School are White (77%). Other reported shares: 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 2% Asian. The diversity index for Sussex County Technical School is 38%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.8 students per teacher. The 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey is close to this figure. Of all students at Sussex County Technical School, 24% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Sussex County is similar, at 23%.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Sussex County Technical School outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Sussex County Technical School falls short of its prediction by 20.0 points. The model expects 53.3% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New Jersey; the school's rate is 33.3%.
In Sussex County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $116,186, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 46 public schools in the county, enrolling about 19,579, Sussex County Technical School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Sussex County Technical School is closest to Northern Hills Academy, about 1.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Sussex County Technical School is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies Sussex County Technical School's location as Rural: Fringe.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 703 to 672, a 4% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.8:1.
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Sussex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,807
Census ACS
Median income
$116,186
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
19,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sparta
- Sparta High SchoolHigh · 1,025 students
- Sparta Middle SchoolMiddle · 762 students
- Alpine Elementary SchoolElementary · 759 students
- Helen Morgan SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Mohawk Avenue SchoolElementary · 236 students
- Sussex County Technology Charter SchoolMiddle · 225 students
Nearby schools
- Northern Hills Academy1.6 mi · 44
- Sussex County Technology Charter School1.6 mi · 225
- Lafayette Township School2.5 mi · 232
- Sparta High School3.2 mi · 1,025
- Ogdensburg Borough School3.3 mi · 280
- Sparta Middle School3.4 mi · 762
Frequently asked questions
About Sussex County Technical SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sussex County Technical School?
Sussex County Technical School enrolls approximately 672 students in grades 09-12.
Is Sussex County Technical School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sussex County Technical School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sussex County Technical School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sussex County Technical School is approximately 12.8:1 (53 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sussex County Technical School?
Sussex County Technical School reports a student body of 77% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Sussex County Technical School in?
Sussex County Technical School is part of Sussex County Technical School District.
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