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What's something Voorhees High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
733
High
DISTRICT 996 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH HUNTERDON-VOORHEES REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341161003026
Voorhees High School
256 County Route 513, Glen Gardner, NJ 08826 · (908) 638-6116 · Hunterdon County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL733 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of New Jersey public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
9.9:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
40 students
DISTRICT 5% · 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 | 179 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 173 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 186 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 195 | 27% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
68.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -8.2pp since 2023
Math
46.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.5% | 46.4% |
| 2023-24 | 76.7% | 51.5% |
% 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Voorhees High School
Voorhees High School's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voorhees High School this school | 733 | 5.5% | 58.9% |
| Haddonfield Memorial High School HADDONFIELD | 827 | 2.5% | 66.5% |
| Pequannock Township High School Pompton Plains | 655 | 6.4% | 59.2% |
| Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School RUMSON | 816 | 0.9% | 72.7% |
| Indian Hills High School OAKLAND | 668 | 3.4% | 57.1% |
| Ramsey High School RAMSEY | 739 | 5.1% | 65.5% |
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 Voorhees High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hunterdon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #72 of 397 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #102 of 400 ▼ 6 | #2 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #89 of 395 ▲ 3 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 733 | #255 of 442 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #42 of 388 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.5% | #364 of 389 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.5% | #360 of 405 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.3% | #10 of 200 | N/A |
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
733
-258 (-26%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 867
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 733 | 73.9 | 9.9:1 | 5% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 73.9 | 10.2:1 | 4% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 72.3 | 9.3:1 | 5% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 991 | 76 | 13.0:1 | 3% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 1,023 | 86.1 | 11.9:1 | 3% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 1,080 | 86 | 12.6:1 | 5% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 1,050 | 77 | 13.6:1 | 6% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 956 | 74 | 12.9:1 | 1% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 867 | 68 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Voorhees High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (1,023 to 733); teachers down 14% (86.1 to 73.9).
About Voorhees High School
Voorhees High School is a public high school in Glen Gardner, New Jersey. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 733 students. That compares with an average of about 929 students for high schools in New Jersey.
North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District operates 2 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,992 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Voorhees High School is White, at 85%. The school is also 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Voorhees High School scores 27%.
Voorhees High School reported 73.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.9:1. High schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 12.7:1. Roughly 5% of students at Voorhees High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Hunterdon County average 16%.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Voorhees High School outscored 77%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Voorhees High School is -4.3 points: 58.9% actual, 63.2% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Hunterdon County show that the median household earns about $141,715 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Across Hunterdon County, 55 public schools serve about 18,056 students.
Voorhees High School is about 1.4 miles from Woodglen School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Voorhees High School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Voorhees High School's location as Rural: Fringe.
The school's enrollment decreased 26% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.0:1 to 9.9:1.
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Hunterdon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,160
Census ACS
Median income
$141,715
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
18,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District
- North Hunterdon High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
Nearby schools
- Woodglen School1.4 mi · 272
- High Bridge Elementary School1.7 mi · 219
- High Bridge Middle School2.0 mi · 130
- Valley View School2.3 mi · 260
- Califon Public School3.1 mi · 94
- Spruce Run3.7 mi · 84
Frequently asked questions
About Voorhees High SchoolHow large is Voorhees High School?
Voorhees High School enrolls approximately 733 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Voorhees High School serve?
Voorhees High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Voorhees High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Voorhees High School is approximately 9.9:1 (74 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Voorhees High School?
At Voorhees High School, the student body is approximately 85% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Voorhees High School?
Voorhees High School is overseen by North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District in Hunterdon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.