Public schools in Hazlet, NJ

Hazlet has 9 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 3 middle, 4 elementary, enrolling 2,744 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Hazlet Township Public School District runs 8 of them.

The 2 districts and agencies that run Hazlet's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in HazletDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Hazlet Township Public School District82,703$24,734
Monmouth County Vocational School District11,545$34,900

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in Hazlet, 868 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Raritan High School78112.419.2%Hazlet Township
Monmouth County Vocational Technical High School871.924.1%Monmouth County Vocational

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Hazlet, 749 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hazlet Middle School3769.922.3%Hazlet Township
Beers Street School19811.215.2%Hazlet Township
Cove Road School1759.924.0%Hazlet Township

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 elementary schools in Hazlet, 1,127 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Hazlet's public schools compare with New Jersey's

The median Hazlet school has 11.9 students per full-time teacher, more than the New Jersey median of 11.3. 0% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 31% across the state. Its median school enrolls 260 students (state 435).

Hazlet against New Jersey, schools open in 2024-25 with students
HazletNew Jersey
Median students per teacher11.911.3
Median school size (students)260435
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)0%31%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%8.1%
Charter schools0%3.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 9 Hazlet schools and the 2,480 New Jersey schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Hazlet

  1. Hazlet Township Public School DistrictRuns 8 of Hazlet's 9 public schools and spent $24,734 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$24,734
  2. Raritan High School, the largest high school in Hazlet781 students in 2024-25, 12.4 per teacher.781
  3. Compare Hazlet Township Public School District with Monmouth County Vocational School DistrictHazlet's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in New JerseyNew Jersey's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Hazlet addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in New Jersey

  1. Newark78 schools
  2. Jersey City52 schools
  3. Paterson46 schools
  4. Elizabeth38 schools
  5. Trenton34 schools
  6. Hamilton26 schools
  7. Camden22 schools
  8. East Orange21 schools

Questions about schools in Hazlet

  1. How many public schools are in Hazlet, NJ?
    9 public schools with an address in Hazlet were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 3 middle, 4 elementary, enrolling 2,744 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Hazlet?
    Raritan High School, with 781 students in 2024-25 (Hazlet Township Public School District).
  3. Which districts run Hazlet's schools?
    Hazlet Township Public School District (8 schools), Monmouth County Vocational School District (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25