NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Warren, NJ

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

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7
Schools
3,410
Students
63.3/100
Avg Resource Index
8.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Warren has more public-school enrollment than 35% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Watchung Hills Regional High School enrolls 48.5% of Warren's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Warren's list includes 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Warren lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 94 to 1,653 students, a 18-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 65%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
99th percentile
Teacher staffing
99th percentile

Watchung Hills Regional High School accounts for 48.5% of all Warren public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Warren a distant remainder — means Warren-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

Warren school enrollment varies 18× across entities

Warren school enrollment ranges from 94 students (lowest) to 1,653 students (highest), a spread of 1,559 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Warren student-teacher ratio is 8.3:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)

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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Warren Middle School 70
2. Woodland School 69
3. Mt. Horeb School 63
4. Central School 63
5. Watchung Hills Regional High School 61
6. Angelo L. Tomaso School 61
7. Developmental Learning Center Warren 56

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Warren

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 Warren 74.1/100
  2. 2 Central School 69.7/100
  3. 3 Watchung Hills Regional High School 64.8/100
  4. 4 Woodland School 64.6/100
  5. 5 Warren Middle School 64.0/100

What do families ask about schools in Warren?

Which Warren school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Warren Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Warren schools in this federal-data comparison at 70/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Warren, NJ? ▼

Warren has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,410 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 8.3:1.

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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.