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Enrollment
1,653
High
STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341722005320
Watchung Hills Regional High School
108 Stirling Rd., Warren, NJ 07059 · (908) 647-4800 · Somerset County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,653 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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
11.6:1
143 FTE teachers
STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
56 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 | 409 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 390 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 423 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 431 | 26% |
Student demographics
65%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
69.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -11.4pp since 2023
Math
52.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -14.5pp 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 52 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.1% | 52.3% |
| 2023-24 | 80.5% | 66.8% |
% 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Watchung Hills Regional High School
Watchung Hills Regional High School's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watchung Hills Regional High School this school | 1,653 | 3.4% | 60.5% |
| Ridgewood High School RIDGEWOOD | 1,740 | 3.2% | 66.1% |
| Montville Township High School MONTVILLE | 1,035 | 4.3% | 65.2% |
| Moorestown High School MOORESTOWN | 1,251 | 8.8% | 68.3% |
| Northern Highlands Regional High School ALLENDALE | 1,257 | 1.0% | 73.8% |
| Princeton High School PRINCETON | 1,518 | 13.8% | 57.4% |
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 Watchung Hills Regional High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #65 of 397 | #4 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #84 of 400 ▼ 37 | #4 of 12 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #86 of 395 ▼ 15 | #5 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,653 | #67 of 442 | #4 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #150 of 388 | #7 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #95 of 389 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.4% | #370 of 405 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #27 of 200 | #1 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
1,653
-256 (-13%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 1,187
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 1,653 | 142.8 | 11.6:1 | 3% (56) |
| 2023-24 | 1,702 | 144.8 | 11.8:1 | 3% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 1,741 | 150.8 | 11.5:1 | 3% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 1,909 | 157 | 12.2:1 | 1% (12) |
| 2017-18 | 2,027 | 156.4 | 13.0:1 | 1% (19) |
| 2015-16 | 2,151 | 169 | 12.7:1 | 2% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 2,065 | 139 | 14.9:1 | 2% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 1,335 | 104 | 12.8:1 | 1% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 1,187 | 90 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Watchung Hills Regional High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (2,027 to 1,653); teachers down 9% (156.4 to 142.8).
About Watchung Hills Regional High School
Watchung Hills Regional High School sits in Warren, New Jersey, and is classified as a high school. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,653 students. The school is 78% bigger than the average for high schools in New Jersey.
For district matters, Watchung Hills Regional High School falls under Watchung Hills Regional High School District.
At Watchung Hills Regional High School, 52% of students are White. After that, the student body is 21% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Somerset County at about 52% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1. The school has 142.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 12.7:1. Federal data show 3% of students (56) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 25 points below the 28% average for public schools in Somerset County.
On the allk12 Grade, Watchung Hills Regional High School lands at A-, ahead of 79% of New Jersey public high schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Watchung Hills Regional High School is 3.8 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 60.5% actual, 64.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Looking at the county, Somerset County, median household income comes to about $140,374, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 84, with about 51,276 students.
Of the public schools around it, Watchung Hills Regional High School is closest to Woodland School, about 0.1 miles away. Watchung Hills Regional High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Watchung Hills Regional High School at 6th of 7.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,653, down from 1,909 in 2020-21.
Watchung Hills Regional High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Warren
- Warren Middle SchoolMiddle · 547 students
- Mt. Horeb SchoolElementary · 331 students
- Central SchoolElementary · 312 students
- Angelo L. Tomaso SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Woodland SchoolElementary · 212 students
- Developmental Learning Center WarrenCombined · 94 students
Nearby schools
- Woodland School0.1 mi · 212
- Warren Middle School1.2 mi · 547
- Valley View School1.3 mi · 276
- Gillette Elementary School1.4 mi · 215
- Mountain Park School1.7 mi · 224
- Central Middle School2.1 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Watchung Hills Regional High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Watchung Hills Regional High School?
Watchung Hills Regional High School enrolls approximately 1,653 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Watchung Hills Regional High School serve?
Watchung Hills Regional High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Watchung Hills Regional High School have?
Watchung Hills Regional High School employs 143 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
How diverse is Watchung Hills Regional High School?
Watchung Hills Regional High School reports a student body of 52% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 21% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Watchung Hills Regional High School?
Watchung Hills Regional High School is overseen by Watchung Hills Regional High School District in Somerset County.
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