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Pompton Lakes 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
44 Lakeside Avenue
Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
Phone
(973) 835-7100
District
POMPTON LAKES SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
PASSAIC COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
681
Classroom Teachers
51

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

7

(10 is best)

Better than 69.9% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Pompton Lakes High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
60%
40%
55%
47%
64%
33%
60%
40%
55%
47%
64%
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
13
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 156 22.9%
Grade 10 181 26.6%
Grade 11 141 20.7%
Grade 12 190 27.9%
Total 681 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 63.9% 59.6% 41.1%
Black 3.8% 3.5% 15.3%
Hispanic 26.0% 30.1% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.7% 6.1% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.6% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 12.5% 16.4% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 10.3% 12.7% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.2% 3.6% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 11,113 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,510.8 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.3% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.1% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.5% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 15.5% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,224 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 6.7% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.3% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 41.5% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 25.8% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 24.8% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 20.4% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.8% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 5.8% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.9% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 5.4% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,390 $24,693,240 62.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,811 $3,107,676 7.8%
Staff $660 $1,132,560 2.9%
General Administration $343 $588,588 1.5%
School Administration $1,366 $2,344,056 5.9%
Operation $1,859 $3,190,044 8.1%
Transportation $79 $135,564 0.3%
Other $610 $1,046,760 2.6%
Total Support $6,727 $11,543,532 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,974 $3,387,384 8.6%
Total Expenditures $23,091 $39,624,156 100.0%
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%