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Metuchen 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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
400 Grove Ave
Metuchen, NJ 08840
Phone
(732) 321-8744
District
Metuchen Public School District
County
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
698
Classroom Teachers
61

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 95.5% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

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

100 80 60 40 20 0
86%
45%
85%
52%
88%
39%
    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
11
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 9 180 25.8%
Grade 10 164 23.5%
Grade 11 175 25.1%
Grade 12 179 25.6%
Total 698 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 54.3% 50.6% 39.1%
Black 5.1% 4.6% 14.9%
Hispanic 15.3% 15.5% 34.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 24.8% 28.8% 10.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.5% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 5.7% 6.7% 37.1%
Free lunch eligible 4.7% 5.2% 31.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.0% 1.4% 5.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 14,982 9,290,841
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 5,280.0 1,259
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.5% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.7% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.3% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.7% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 14.7% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 5,433 3,478,355
Single Parent Households With Children 4.5% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.7% 90.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 66.8% 42.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 52.7% 32.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.7% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.6% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 10.2% 12.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.6% 10.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 2.6% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 5.6% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,660 $31,460,000 57.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,393 $5,512,000 10.1%
Staff $852 $1,962,000 3.6%
General Administration $385 $886,000 1.6%
School Administration $1,104 $2,543,000 4.7%
Operation $1,789 $4,119,000 7.6%
Transportation $897 $2,066,000 3.8%
Other $434 $999,000 1.8%
Total Support $7,854 $18,087,000 33.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,122 $4,887,000 9.0%
Total Expenditures $23,636 $54,434,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,629 $20,370,924,000 51.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,803 $3,903,661,000 9.9%
Staff $872 $1,214,300,000 3.1%
General Administration $482 $671,066,000 1.7%
School Administration $1,195 $1,664,142,000 4.2%
Operation $2,241 $3,120,212,000 7.9%
Transportation $950 $1,322,740,000 3.3%
Other $616 $857,184,000 2.2%
Total Support $9,159 $12,753,305,000 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,641 $6,462,515,000 16.3%
Total Expenditures $28,428 $39,586,744,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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