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

High Point Regional High School District

Federal NCES profile for High Point Regional High School District, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 60/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 340714005358
0/100100/10060/100
👥 S:T ratio
54
📚 AP courses
100
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
68
📋 Attendance
46
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

High Point Regional High School District earns 60/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the New Jersey median.

60
Resource Index · Higher
11.6:1
students per teacher
13.7%
free-lunch eligible
791
students enrolled

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

Enrollment

791

New Jersey · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

68.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

11.6:1

vs 11.8:1 New Jersey avg

-2% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

13.7%

vs 29.6% New Jersey avg

-54% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How High Point Regional High School District compares with New Jersey and U.S. medians

At or below state median
0:135:111.6:1

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

What stands out at High Point Regional High School District

High Point Regional High School District is a lower-poverty, mid-sized high school in Sussex, New Jersey, enrolling 791 students.

At 11.6:1, 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.

Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 13.7% of students eligible for free meals.

Enrollment of 791 puts it in the larger third of New Jersey schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 2,501 scored New Jersey schools.

Against 459 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #318.

Its student body is predominantly White (82% of enrollment) (diversity index 31/100).

On the academic-pipeline side it reports 29 Advanced Placement courses.

Counselor coverage is strong, about 158 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 21.7% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

The surrounding High Point Regional High School District spends $31,188 per pupil, 25% above the New Jersey average, a better-resourced district than most.

High Point Regional High School District operates only this one school, so High Point Regional High School District 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 High Point Regional High School District compares

High Point Regional High School District 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 11.6:1 ▼ 2% 11.8:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 13.7% ▼ 54% 29.6% 51.7%
Enrollment 791 top 16% - -

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

11.6:1
Leaner classes than 79% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
791
Bigger than 85% of US schools by enrollment, a large campus nationally.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
13.7%
free-lunch eligible - 54% below the New Jersey average of 29.6%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
11.6:1
students per teacher - 2% below state mean
Top 54% in New Jersey - lower ratio than 46% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
21.7%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$31,188
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
Counselors5.0 FTE
Per 158 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 50 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 6.3 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 82.2%
Hispanic or Latino 11.9%
Two or More 2.3%
African American 1.9%
Asian 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.3%

Largest group: White at 82.2% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 30.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 30.9, High Point Regional High School District is less mixed than the New Jersey school average of 51.2.

Programs

AP courses offered 29

Funding & spending

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

$31,188
Per student
+25%
vs New Jersey
Avg $24,984
+88%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 65.0%
State 31.9%
Federal 3.0%

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 High Point Regional High School District'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 High Point Regional High School District

How many students attend High Point Regional High School District?

High Point Regional High School District has 791 students enrolled. It is a high school in Sussex, NJ.

What is the student-teacher ratio at High Point Regional High School District?

The student-teacher ratio at High Point Regional High School District is 11.6:1, which is 2% lower than the New Jersey average of 11.8:1 and 26% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at High Point Regional High School District?

13.7% of students at High Point Regional High School District are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New Jersey average of 29.6%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of High Point Regional High School District?

The largest demographic group at High Point Regional High School District is White at 82.2% of enrollment, in Sussex, NJ.

What is the Resource Investment Index for High Point Regional High School District?

High Point Regional High School District has a Resource Investment Index of 60/100 (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 High Point Regional High School District a good school?

High Point Regional High School District earns 60/100 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 High Point Regional High School District?

None reported; High Point Regional High School District operates only High Point Regional High School District 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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