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Sterling 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
501 South Warwick Road
Somerdale, NJ 08083
Phone
(856) 784-1333
District
STERLING REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
CAMDEN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
897
Classroom Teachers
70

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

2

(10 is best)

Better than 18.3% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

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

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
23%
40%
28%
47%
18%
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
13
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 238 26.5%
Grade 10 193 21.5%
Grade 11 195 21.7%
Grade 12 229 25.5%
Total 897 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 40.7% 40.7% 41.1%
Black 21.2% 21.1% 15.3%
Hispanic 18.5% 18.7% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.5% 3.6% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 16.1% 16.0% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 23.9% 23.9% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 19.0% 19.0% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.9% 4.9% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 16,772 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,287.9 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.5% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.0% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.2% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 15.5% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,422 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 8.9% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.2% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 30.0% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.9% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.0% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.4% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.0% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.8% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.5% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 7.4% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,527 $10,616,367 54.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,418 $2,226,978 11.4%
Staff $433 $398,793 2.0%
General Administration $578 $532,338 2.7%
School Administration $651 $599,571 3.1%
Operation $2,165 $1,993,965 10.2%
Transportation $147 $135,387 0.7%
Other $790 $727,590 3.7%
Total Support $7,182 $6,614,622 34.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,441 $2,248,161 11.5%
Total Expenditures $21,150 $19,479,150 100.0%
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%

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