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

Roxbury High School

Federal NCES profile for Roxbury High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 69/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 341434004524
0/100100/10069/100
👥 S:T ratio
61
📚 AP courses
100
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
71
📋 Attendance
82
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Roxbury High School earns 69/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 78% of New Jersey schools.

#1 of 6
public schools in Succasunna · Resource Index
69
Resource Index · Higher
9.7:1
small classes for New Jersey
8.8%
free-lunch eligible

Roxbury High School has class sizes smaller than 78% of New Jersey schools. Computed live against every New Jersey school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Roxbury High School ranks #1 of 6 public schools in Succasunna, NJ.

Enrollment

1,179

New Jersey · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

122.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

9.7:1

vs 11.8:1 New Jersey avg

-18% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

8.8%

vs 29.6% New Jersey avg

-70% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Roxbury High School compares with New Jersey and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than 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 Roxbury High School

Roxbury High School is a lower-poverty, large high school in Succasunna, New Jersey, enrolling 1,179 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 9.7:1 puts it in the smaller third of New Jersey schools by student-teacher ratio.

Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 8.8% of students eligible for free meals.

By headcount it is one of the larger campuses in New Jersey, bigger than 93% of state schools at 1,179 students.

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

Against 205 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #67.

Its student body is led by White (58%) and Hispanic or Latino (28%) (diversity index 58/100).

On the academic-pipeline side it reports 23 Advanced Placement courses.

Counselor coverage is strong, about 147 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Attendance holds up well here: only 7.3% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.

Among Succasunna's high schools, it stands alongside Athletic Training and Physical Therapy (62 students): Roxbury High School is larger than that campus by headcount.

Roxbury Township School District also operates Eisenhower Middle School (531 students) and Lincoln/Roosevelt School (484 students) alongside Roxbury High School.

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 Roxbury High School compares

Roxbury 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 9.7:1 ▼ 18% 11.8:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 8.8% ▼ 70% 29.6% 51.7%
Enrollment 1,179 top 7% - -

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

9.7:1
Leaner classes than 90% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
1,179
Bigger than 94% of US schools by enrollment, a large campus nationally.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
8.8%
free-lunch eligible - 70% 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
9.7:1
students per teacher - 18% below state mean
Top 22% in New Jersey - lower ratio than 78% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
7.3%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 5-10% range, close to the pre-pandemic national baseline.
Funding equity
$26,357
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
Counselors8.0 FTE
Per 147 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
79
in-school suspensions + 54 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 6.7 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 11.3 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 57.9%
Hispanic or Latino 28.1%
Asian 5.7%
African American 4.7%
Two or More 3.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.1%

Largest group: White at 57.9% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 57.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 57.9, Roxbury High School is more mixed than the New Jersey school average of 51.2.

Programs

AP courses offered 23

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Roxbury Township School District, which includes Roxbury High School.

$26,357
Per student
+5%
vs New Jersey
Avg $24,984
+59%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 67.9%
State 27.4%
Federal 4.7%

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.

How Roxbury High School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Eisenhower Middle School Smaller Similar economic need Similar S:T ratio
Lincoln/Roosevelt School Smaller Similar economic need Similar S:T ratio
Jefferson Elementary School Smaller Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Franklin Elementary School Smaller Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Kennedy Elementary School Smaller Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Roxbury High School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Roxbury Township School District · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools in Succasunna

1 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.

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 Roxbury 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 Roxbury High School

How many students attend Roxbury High School?

Roxbury High School has 1,179 students enrolled. It is a high school in Succasunna, NJ.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Roxbury High School?

The student-teacher ratio at Roxbury High School is 9.7:1, which is 18% lower than the New Jersey average of 11.8:1 and 38% 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 Roxbury High School?

8.8% of students at Roxbury High School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New Jersey average of 29.6%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Roxbury High School?

The largest demographic group at Roxbury High School is White at 57.9% of enrollment, in Succasunna, NJ. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 57.9/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Roxbury High School?

Roxbury High School has a Resource Investment Index of 69/100 (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).

How does Roxbury High School rank among public schools in Succasunna?

By Resource Investment Index, Roxbury High School ranks #1 of 6 public schools in Succasunna, NJ. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all public schools in Succasunna on the city page.

Is Roxbury High School a good school?

Roxbury High School earns 69/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 78% of New Jersey schools. 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 Roxbury Township School District?

Besides Roxbury High School, Roxbury Township School District also operates Eisenhower Middle School (531 students), Lincoln/Roosevelt School (484 students), and Jefferson Elementary School (346 students). See the Roxbury Township 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

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

View saved

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.