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Linden 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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
121 W St George Ave
Linden, NJ 07036
Phone
(908) 486-5432
District
LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
UNION COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1729
Classroom Teachers
145

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

3

(10 is best)

Better than 23.7% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
27%
42%
46%
53%
7%
31%
    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 9 431 24.9%
Grade 10 434 25.1%
Grade 11 441 25.5%
Grade 12 388 22.4%
Total 1729 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 15.8% 17.6% 42.0%
Black 36.3% 33.5% 15.4%
Hispanic 45.2% 45.8% 31.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.2% 2.6% 10.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 43.8% 46.4% 34.1%
Free lunch eligible 36.6% 39.7% 29.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.2% 6.6% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 42,332 9,267,130
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,853.2 1,255
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.5% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.4% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.8% 27.5%
65 OR OLDER 14.6% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 14,728 3,397,156
Single Parent Households With Children 12.6% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.8% 90.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.2% 41.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 13.8% 27.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.4% 17.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 17.9% 12.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.5% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.3% 11.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.4% 9.2%
$15,000 or less 6.7% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,402 $77,053,626 51.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,750 $10,872,750 7.3%
Staff $1,307 $8,120,391 5.4%
General Administration $245 $1,522,185 1.0%
School Administration $1,209 $7,511,517 5.0%
Operation $2,270 $14,103,510 9.5%
Transportation $411 $2,553,543 1.7%
Other $542 $3,367,446 2.3%
Total Support $7,734 $48,051,342 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,869 $24,038,097 16.1%
Total Expenditures $24,006 $149,149,278 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,889 $16,397,790,534 48.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,355 $3,247,692,321 9.7%
Staff $826 $1,139,283,538 3.4%
General Administration $441 $607,811,946 1.8%
School Administration $1,079 $1,488,315,589 4.4%
Operation $2,068 $2,852,610,543 8.5%
Transportation $841 $1,160,215,377 3.5%
Other $540 $745,147,198 2.2%
Total Support $8,150 $11,241,230,566 33.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,259 $5,874,271,672 17.5%
Total Expenditures $24,298 $33,513,259,268 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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