Watchung Hills Regional High School

Watchung Hills Regional High School is a four-year high school of roomy scale in Warren, New Jersey, operated by Watchung Hills Regional High School District, instructing 1,653 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 78% larger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Watchung Hills Regional High School sits inside Watchung Hills Regional High School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Watchung Hills Regional High School shows that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 21% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 143 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 3% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Somerset County (around 28%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Watchung Hills Regional High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.3%; this one delivers 60.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Somerset County put the typical household earns roughly $140,374 per year, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Somerset County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), of which Watchung Hills Regional High School is one.

The closest other public school is Woodland School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Watchung Hills Regional High School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 65.2%.

Watchung Hills Regional High School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Watchung Hills Regional High School's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 2,027 (now 1,653). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 67% to 52%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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