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James Caldwell High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
265 Westville Ave
West Caldwell, NJ 07006
Phone
(973) 228-6981
District
Caldwell-West School District
County
ESSEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
789
Classroom Teachers
76

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

9

(10 is best)

Better than 87.1% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

James Caldwell High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

100 80 60 40 20 0
75%
44%
64%
50%
86%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
10
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 175 22.2%
Grade 10 221 28.0%
Grade 11 199 25.2%
Grade 12 188 23.8%
Total 789 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 77.7% 78.5% 40.1%
Black 2.8% 2.0% 15.1%
Hispanic 15.4% 15.7% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.7% 3.6% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 8.1% 7.3% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 6.8% 6.2% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.3% 1.1% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 19,824 9,290,841
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,159.3 1,259
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.1% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.9% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.1% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.1% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 18.8% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,789 3,478,355
Single Parent Households With Children 2.9% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.6% 90.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 62.6% 42.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 41.5% 32.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.2% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.4% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 11.1% 12.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.0% 10.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.5% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 4.3% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,148 $31,598,000 55.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,888 $7,512,000 13.2%
Staff $825 $2,147,000 3.8%
General Administration $362 $941,000 1.7%
School Administration $1,120 $2,914,000 5.1%
Operation $1,869 $4,862,000 8.5%
Transportation $447 $1,162,000 2.0%
Other $554 $1,442,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,066 $20,980,000 36.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,666 $4,332,000 7.6%
Total Expenditures $21,880 $56,910,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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