NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in New Providence, NJ

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5 public K-12 schools in New Providence from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
2,355
Students
58.8/100
Avg Resource Index
11.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, New Providence has more public-school enrollment than 18% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. New Providence lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of New Providence's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between New Providence High School and Allen W. Roberts School shows the range hidden by New Providence's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 82%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
98th percentile
Teacher staffing
93rd percentile

New Providence High School accounts for 27.3% of all New Providence public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means New Providence-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

New Providence school enrollment varies 7.1× across entities

New Providence school enrollment ranges from 91 students (lowest) to 644 students (highest), a spread of 553 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

New Providence student-teacher ratio is 11.2:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. New Providence High School 74
2. New Providence Middle School 67
3. Salt Brook School 52
4. Developmental Learning Center New Providence 51
5. Allen W. Roberts School 50

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in New Providence

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Developmental Learning Center New Providence 72.9/100
  2. 2 Allen W. Roberts School 63.9/100
  3. 3 New Providence Middle School 60.4/100
  4. 4 Salt Brook School 60.1/100
  5. 5 New Providence High School 50.6/100

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Which New Providence school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

New Providence High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the New Providence schools in this federal-data comparison at 74/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in New Providence, NJ? ▼

New Providence has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,355 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.