High school (grades 9-12) · Frenchtown, NJ

Delaware Valley Regional High School

Federal NCES profile for Delaware Valley Regional High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 65/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 340375002978
0/100100/10065/100
👥 S:T ratio
52
📚 AP courses
95
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
65
📋 Attendance
83
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Delaware Valley Regional High School earns 65/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the New Jersey median.

65
Resource Index · Higher
11.9:1
students per teacher
3.9%
free-lunch eligible
705
students enrolled

Delaware Valley Regional High School has class sizes near the New Jersey median. Computed live against every New Jersey school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

705

New Jersey · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

59.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

11.9:1

vs 11.8:1 New Jersey avg

+1% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

3.9%

vs 29.6% New Jersey avg

-87% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Delaware Valley Regional High School compares with New Jersey and U.S. medians

Slightly above state median
0:135:111.9:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Delaware Valley Regional High School

Delaware Valley Regional High School is a lower-poverty, mid-sized high school in Frenchtown, New Jersey, enrolling 705 students.

At 11.9:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the New Jersey median, within a few percentage points of the 11.8:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.

Comparatively few students face economic hardship here, 3.9% free-meal eligibility runs 87% below the New Jersey average.

Enrollment of 705 puts it in the larger third of New Jersey schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 2,501 scored New Jersey schools.

Against 430 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #144.

Its student body is predominantly White (82% of enrollment) (diversity index 32/100).

On the academic-pipeline side it reports 19 Advanced Placement courses.

Counselor coverage is strong, about 176 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Attendance holds up well here: only 6.7% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.

The surrounding Delaware Valley Regional High School District spends $33,419 per pupil, 34% above the New Jersey average, a better-resourced district than most.

Delaware Valley Regional High School District operates only this one school, so Delaware Valley Regional High School has no district-mates to compare against locally.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Delaware Valley Regional High School compares

Delaware Valley Regional High School on the metrics families compare, against New Jersey and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs New Jersey New Jersey avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 11.9:1 ▲ 1% 11.8:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 3.9% ▼ 87% 29.6% 51.7%
Enrollment 705 top 21% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

11.9:1
Leaner classes than 76% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
705
Bigger than 80% of US schools by enrollment, a large campus nationally.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
3.9%
free-lunch eligible - 87% below the New Jersey average of 29.6%
Below the 40% Title I threshold, among the lower-need profiles in the state; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
11.9:1
students per teacher - 1% above state mean
Top 60% in New Jersey - lower ratio than 40% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
6.7%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 5-10% range, close to the pre-pandemic national baseline.
Funding equity
$33,419
per pupil, district-wide - above New Jersey avg of $24,984
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors4.0 FTE
Per 176 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
27
in-school suspensions + 18 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 3.8 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 6.4 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 81.6%
Hispanic or Latino 10.8%
Two or More 3.6%
African American 2.1%
Asian 1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.1%

Largest group: White at 81.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 32.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 32.0, Delaware Valley Regional High School is less mixed than the New Jersey school average of 51.2.

Programs

AP courses offered 19

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Delaware Valley Regional High School District, which includes Delaware Valley Regional High School.

$33,419
Per student
+34%
vs New Jersey
Avg $24,984
+101%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 74.4%
State 21.9%
Federal 3.7%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of New Jersey, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Delaware Valley Regional High School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Delaware Valley Regional High School

How many students attend Delaware Valley Regional High School?

Delaware Valley Regional High School has 705 students enrolled. It is a high school in Frenchtown, NJ.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Delaware Valley Regional High School?

The student-teacher ratio at Delaware Valley Regional High School is 11.9:1, which is 1% higher than the New Jersey average of 11.8:1 and 24% lower than the national average of 15.7:1.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Delaware Valley Regional High School?

3.9% of students at Delaware Valley Regional High School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New Jersey average of 29.6%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Delaware Valley Regional High School?

The largest demographic group at Delaware Valley Regional High School is White at 81.6% of enrollment, in Frenchtown, NJ.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Delaware Valley Regional High School?

Delaware Valley Regional High School has a Resource Investment Index of 65/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 5 factors: student-teacher ratio, AP course offerings, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Delaware Valley Regional High School a good school?

Delaware Valley Regional High School earns 65/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the New Jersey median. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Delaware Valley Regional High School District?

None reported; Delaware Valley Regional High School District operates only Delaware Valley Regional High School as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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