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Hightstown 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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
25 Leshin Lane
Hightstown, NJ 08520
Phone
(609) 443-7738
District
EAST WINDSOR REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
MERCER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1621
Classroom Teachers
131

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

2

(10 is best)

Better than 17.8% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Hightstown High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
23%
40%
41%
47%
4%
33%
    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
12
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 9 401 24.7%
Grade 10 393 24.2%
Grade 11 402 24.8%
Grade 12 415 25.6%
Total 1621 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 28.8% 27.2% 41.1%
Black 8.6% 8.8% 15.3%
Hispanic 47.1% 47.9% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 15.3% 15.9% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 29.2% 31.8% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 21.4% 24.4% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.8% 7.3% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 35,458 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,090.0 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.4% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.3% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.0% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 15.6% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 12,796 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 7.8% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.8% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 46.0% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 28.5% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.6% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.8% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.4% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.6% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.5% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 4.6% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,478 $59,754,468 54.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,953 $10,167,318 9.2%
Staff $855 $4,451,130 4.0%
General Administration $231 $1,202,586 1.1%
School Administration $994 $5,174,764 4.7%
Operation $1,787 $9,303,122 8.4%
Transportation $743 $3,868,058 3.5%
Other $320 $1,665,920 1.5%
Total Support $6,883 $35,832,898 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,906 $15,128,636 13.7%
Total Expenditures $21,267 $110,716,002 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,252 $16,876,633,536 49.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,485 $3,422,916,968 10.0%
Staff $778 $1,071,908,147 3.1%
General Administration $448 $617,313,228 1.8%
School Administration $1,106 $1,523,858,437 4.4%
Operation $2,059 $2,835,591,380 8.3%
Transportation $773 $1,065,361,101 3.1%
Other $557 $766,792,454 2.2%
Total Support $8,206 $11,303,690,627 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,415 $6,081,668,713 17.8%
Total Expenditures $24,874 $34,262,079,216 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%