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Spotswood 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
105 Summerhill Road
Spotswood, NJ 08884
Phone
(732) 723-2200
District
SPOTSWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
729
Classroom Teachers
59

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

5

(10 is best)

Better than 49.7% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

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

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
45%
40%
45%
47%
45%
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
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 9 198 27.2%
Grade 10 171 23.5%
Grade 11 188 25.8%
Grade 12 168 23.0%
Total 729 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 76.0% 71.2% 41.1%
Black 4.3% 4.4% 15.3%
Hispanic 14.3% 18.9% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.0% 5.1% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 8.5% 10.9% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 7.3% 8.9% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.2% 2.0% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 10,528 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,145.6 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.5% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 12.7% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.0% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.4% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 19.4% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,122 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 3.7% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.5% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 30.9% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 23.0% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.0% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.8% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.7% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.9% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.4% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 4.1% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,798 $17,827,498 55.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,165 $3,574,415 11.1%
Staff $282 $465,582 1.4%
General Administration $297 $490,347 1.5%
School Administration $941 $1,553,591 4.8%
Operation $1,978 $3,265,678 10.2%
Transportation $545 $899,795 2.8%
Other $568 $937,768 2.9%
Total Support $6,776 $11,187,176 34.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,887 $3,115,437 9.7%
Total Expenditures $19,461 $32,130,111 100.0%
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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