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

Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs

Federal NCES profile for Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 33/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 341804003363
0/100100/10033/100
👥 S:T ratio
60
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs earns 33/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 73% of New Jersey schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in New Jersey.

33
Resource Index · Typical
10:1
small classes for New Jersey
10
students enrolled

Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs has class sizes smaller than 73% of New Jersey schools. Computed live against every New Jersey school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

10

New Jersey · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

1.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

10:1

vs 11.8:1 New Jersey avg

-15% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs compares with New Jersey and U.S. medians

At or below state median

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

What stands out at Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs

Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs is a small high school in Roselle, New Jersey, enrolling 10 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 10:1 puts it in the smaller third of New Jersey schools by student-teacher ratio.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 99% of New Jersey schools, with 10 enrolled.

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

Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (70%) and White (30%) (diversity index 42/100).

No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.

Union County Vocational-Technical School District also operates Union County Tech (502 students) and Academy for Allied Health Sciences (308 students) alongside Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs.

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 Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs compares

Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs 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 10:1 ▼ 15% 11.8:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 10 top 100% - -

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

10:1
Leaner classes than 89% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
10
Bigger than 1% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
10:1
students per teacher - 15% below state mean
Top 27% in New Jersey - lower ratio than 73% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$21,224
per pupil, district-wide - below 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
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 10.0 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

Hispanic or Latino 70.0%
White 30.0%

Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 70.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 42.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 42.0, Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs is less mixed than the New Jersey school average of 51.2.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Union County Vocational-Technical School District, which includes Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs.

$21,224
Per student
-15%
vs New Jersey
Avg $24,984
+28%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 51.8%
State 43.9%
Federal 4.3%

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.

How Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Union County Tech Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Academy for Allied Health Sciences Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Academy for Information Technology Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Union County Magnet High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Academy for Performing Arts Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Union County Vocational-Technical School District · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

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

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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 Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs

How many students attend Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs?

Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs has 10 students enrolled. It is a high school in Roselle, NJ.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs?

The student-teacher ratio at Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs is 10:1, which is 15% lower than the New Jersey average of 11.8:1 and 36% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs?

The largest demographic group at Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs is Hispanic or Latino at 70.0% of enrollment, in Roselle, NJ.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs?

Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs has a Resource Investment Index of 33/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs a good school?

Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs earns 33/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 73% of New Jersey schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in New Jersey. 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 Union County Vocational-Technical School District?

Besides Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery Hs, Union County Vocational-Technical School District also operates Union County Tech (502 students), Academy for Allied Health Sciences (308 students), and Academy for Information Technology (307 students). See the Union County Vocational-Technical School District district page for the complete list.

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.

All federal data sources used on this page

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