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Rahway 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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1012 Madison Ave
Rahway, NJ 07065
Phone
(732) 396-1090
District
Rahway Public School District
County
UNION COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1204
Classroom Teachers
100

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

1

(10 is best)

Better than 7.7% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

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

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
19%
44%
29%
50%
8%
37%
    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
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 9 317 26.3%
Grade 10 335 27.8%
Grade 11 284 23.6%
Grade 12 255 21.2%
Total 1204 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 14.1% 14.3% 40.1%
Black 36.6% 36.1% 15.1%
Hispanic 46.6% 46.2% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.4% 2.8% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.5% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 46.9% 51.3% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 39.0% 42.5% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.0% 8.7% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 29,664 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 7,613.7 1,255
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.5% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.2% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.9% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.3% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 16.1% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 12,079 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 10.0% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.8% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 34.1% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 22.5% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.4% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.1% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.7% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.8% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.0% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 5.5% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,789 $48,985,000 55.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,284 $9,488,000 10.8%
Staff $468 $1,944,000 2.2%
General Administration $315 $1,309,000 1.5%
School Administration $1,152 $4,788,000 5.5%
Operation $1,352 $5,617,000 6.4%
Transportation $353 $1,466,000 1.7%
Other $464 $1,927,000 2.2%
Total Support $6,387 $26,539,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,965 $12,318,000 14.0%
Total Expenditures $21,141 $87,842,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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