South Hunterdon Regional School District

Public school district · Hunterdon County · New Jersey · NCES district ID 3400769

South Hunterdon Regional School District spent $34,415 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 88% of the other New Jersey districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $25,869). Its one school enrolled 377 students in 2024-25; 28.3% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $36,727 per student, up 6.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 85-89% (New Jersey: 90.5%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among New Jersey districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to South Hunterdon Regional in enrollment (817 to 846 students) and South Hunterdon Regional itself.

Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to South Hunterdon Regional, FY23South Hunterdon Regional $34,415; High Point Regional $31,489; Long Hill Township $25,290; Passaic County Manchester Regional High $24,839; Logan Township Schools District $24,720; Runnemede $23,888; Byram Township $22,002; Milltown $21,160; Oradell $19,109; Hudson Arts and Science Charter School $17,869; State median, under 1,000 students $25,869.15k20k25k30k35k40kSouth Hunterdon Regional$34,415High Point Regional$31,489Long Hill Township$25,290Passaic County Manchester Regi…$24,839Logan Township Schools District$24,720Runnemede$23,888Byram Township$22,002Milltown$21,160Oradell$19,109Hudson Arts and Science Charte…$17,869State median, under 1,000 students $25,869
Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to South Hunterdon Regional, FY23South Hunterdon Regional $34,415; High Point Regional $31,489; Long Hill Township $25,290; Passaic County Manchester Regional High $24,839; Logan Township Schools District $24,720; Runnemede $23,888; Byram Township $22,002; Milltown $21,160; Oradell $19,109; Hudson Arts and Science Charter School $17,869; State median, under 1,000 students $25,869.15k20k25k30k35k40kSouth Hunterdon Regional$34,415High Point Regional$31,489Long Hill Township$25,290Passaic County Manchester Regional …$24,839Logan Township Schools District$24,720Runnemede$23,888Byram Township$22,002Milltown$21,160Oradell$19,109Hudson Arts and Science Charter Sch…$17,869State median, under 1,000 students $25,869
Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to South Hunterdon Regional, FY23South Hunterdon Regional $34,415; High Point Regional $31,489; Long Hill Township $25,290; Passaic County Manchester Regional High $24,839; Logan Township Schools District $24,720; Runnemede $23,888; Byram Township $22,002; Milltown $21,160; Oradell $19,109; Hudson Arts and Science Charter School $17,869; State median, under 1,000 students $25,869.15k25k35k40kSouth Hunterdon Regional$34,415High Point Regional$31,489Long Hill Township$25,290Passaic County Manchester Regional High$24,839Logan Township Schools District$24,720Runnemede$23,888Byram Township$22,002Milltown$21,160Oradell$19,109Hudson Arts and Science Charter School$17,869State median, under 1,000 students $25,869
Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to South Hunterdon Regional, FY23South Hunterdon Regional $34,415; High Point Regional $31,489; Long Hill Township $25,290; Passaic County Manchester Regional High $24,839; Logan Township Schools District $24,720; Runnemede $23,888; Byram Township $22,002; Milltown $21,160; Oradell $19,109; Hudson Arts and Science Charter School $17,869; State median, under 1,000 students $25,869.15k25k35k40kSouth Hunterdon Regional$34,415High Point Regional$31,489Long Hill Township$25,290Passaic County Manchester Regional High$24,839Logan Township Schools District$24,720Runnemede$23,888Byram Township$22,002Milltown$21,160Oradell$19,109Hudson Arts and Science Charter School$17,869State median, under 1,000 students $25,869

Where the money came from

$32,532,000 in revenue: 28.3% state, 67.1% local and 4.6% federal. Total spending including $2,762,000 of capital outlay was $33,124,000, or $40,053 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

South Hunterdon Regional School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $9,210,000; Local $21,835,000; Federal $1,487,000; total $32,532,000.
  • State$9,210,000 28%
  • Local$21,835,000 67%
  • Federal$1,487,000 5%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 320 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

808 students in 2022-23, 790 students in 2023-24, 377 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

South Hunterdon Regional School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 808, 2023-24: 790, 2024-25: 37702505007501k2022-238082023-247902024-25377
South Hunterdon Regional School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 808, 2023-24: 790, 2024-25: 37702505007501k2022-238082023-247902024-25377
South Hunterdon Regional School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 808, 2023-24: 790, 2024-25: 37702505007501k2022-238082023-247902024-25377
South Hunterdon Regional School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 808, 2023-24: 790, 2024-25: 37702505007501k2022-238082023-247902024-25377

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-23808108.17.5
2023-24790109.17.2
2024-2537748.37.8

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in South Hunterdon Regional School District scored proficient or above: 41% in reading and 24% in math, against 48.6% in reading and 35.5% in math across New Jersey. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within New Jersey, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtNew JerseyStudents tested
Reading and language arts41%48.6%
Math24%35.5%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

85-89% of the 81 students in South Hunterdon Regional School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 90.5% across New Jersey. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtNew Jersey
Four-year graduation rate85‑89%90.5%
Students in the class81106,157

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

1 high school, 377 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
South Hunterdon Regional High School3777.827.1%Targeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

2 more schools on file: small, closed or in an earlier directory

These records carry fewer federal fields than a full school page needs, so each is summarized here with what NCES reports.

Lambertville Public School

School in Lambertville; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 221 students; 7.0 students per teacher.

West Amwell Township School

Elementary school in Lambertville; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 170 students; 6.3 students per teacher.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and earlier directories: the last year each school was listed, its students and its teachers.

Contact South Hunterdon Regional School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about South Hunterdon Regional School District

  1. New Jersey districts by spending per studentSouth Hunterdon Regional School District ranks 38 of 320 New Jersey districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($34,415).#38 of 320
  2. Every school district in New JerseySouth Hunterdon Regional School District is the number 367 by size of 672 New Jersey districts, with 827 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#367 of 672
  3. Milltown School DistrictThe next larger New Jersey district: 833 students in fall 2022, $21,160 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$21,160
  4. Passaic County Manchester Regional High School DistrictThe next smaller New Jersey district: 826 students in fall 2022, $24,839 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$24,839
  5. Compare South Hunterdon Regional School District with Milltown School DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. South Hunterdon Regional High School, its largest high school377 students in 2024-25, 7.8 per teacher.377
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about South Hunterdon Regional School District

  1. How many schools and students are in South Hunterdon Regional School District?
    One school was open in 2024-25 (1 high), enrolling 377 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does South Hunterdon Regional School District spend per student?
    $34,415 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the New Jersey median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $25,869 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $36,727 per student, up 6.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does South Hunterdon Regional School District's money come from?
    $32,532,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 28.3% state, 67.1% local and 4.6% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in South Hunterdon Regional School District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 52 of the 849 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 6.1%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in South Hunterdon Regional School District do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in South Hunterdon Regional School District scored proficient or above: 41% in reading and 24% in math, against 48.6% in reading and 35.5% in math across New Jersey. New Jersey's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is the graduation rate in South Hunterdon Regional School District?
    85-89% of the 81 students in South Hunterdon Regional School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 90.5% across New Jersey. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  7. What is South Hunterdon Regional School District's NCES district ID?
    3400769. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

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

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