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Best Public Schools in Hightstown, NJ

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At a glance

Schools

2,717

Students

Top rankedGrace N. Rogers Elementary School743^rd of 1,331 New Jersey elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Grace N. Rogers Elementary School up 199 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Hightstown has three listed schools serving grades K–5 and 9–12: Hightstown High School, Grace N. Rogers Elementary School, and Walter C. Black Elementary School. Together, they enroll 2,717 students, though the schools serve different grade spans and their results do not support one overall ranking. The clearest area-wide finding is that strengths vary by subject: Rogers stands out in grade 3 math, while Hightstown High’s largest current gaps are in math assessments.

Grace N. Rogers Elementary School has the strongest highlighted elementary result: grade 3 math proficiency was 60%, 11 percentage points above the state’s 49%. Its math results averaged 3 points above the state across grades 3–5, while English Language Arts averaged 7 points below; grade 4 English was 34%, 12 points below the state. At Hightstown High School, Algebra I proficiency was 10%, 30 points below the state, and Geometry was 37%, 15 points below. Its English results were closer to state levels: NJGPA English was 74%, 2 points below. Walter C. Black Elementary School has no test scores supplied, so its academic performance cannot be compared.

Recent trends are mixed, with Rogers showing broader improvement relative to the state: its state gaps narrowed in all seven matched grade-and-subject comparisons, even though grade 4 English proficiency fell from 38% to 34%. At Hightstown High, six of ten comparable scores rose and four fell; Geometry increased 10 points, but Algebra II dropped 52 points, from 88% to 36%. SchoolDigger rankings put Rogers at the 44th percentile in 2025–2026, up 7 points from 2023–2024, and Hightstown High at the 38th percentile, down 7 points; Black’s latest listed ranking, the 60th percentile, is from 2017–2018. In 2024–2025, student–teacher ratios were 9.8 at both elementary schools and 12.1 at the high school. All three reported free/reduced lunch eligibility for 2024–2025: 44% at Rogers, 46% at Black, and 47% at Hightstown High. These figures offer context, not an explanation for school results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NJGPA English Language Arts (2026)	NJGPA Mathematics (2026)	NJSLA-S Science (2026)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2026)				NJSLA Mathematics (2026)			NJSLA Algebra I (2026)			NJSLA Geometry (2026)		NJSLA Algebra II (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJGPA English Language Arts 11th Grade	NJGPA Mathematics 11th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	NJSLA Algebra II 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hightstown High School	Public	9-12	25 Leshin Lane	Hightstown	08520	Mercer County	East Windsor Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 443-7738	1,616	133	12.1	47.4%	371 (23.0%)	153 (9.5%)	824 (51.0%)	225 (13.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	35 (2.2%)	38.4	269^th of 434 public high schools	38.0%		37.4	278^th of 434 public high schools	35.9%	9	73.9	56.1		24.1				48.2				10.4		10.1	37.0	37.0	35.6	35.6	$29,174	$823	$28,351
Grace N. Rogers Elementary School	Public	3-5	380 Stockton St	Hightstown	08520	Mercer County	East Windsor Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 443-7833	591	60	9.8	43.8%	153 (25.9%)	43 (7.3%)	286 (48.4%)	82 (13.9%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	22 (3.7%)	44.5	743^rd of 1331 public elementary schools	44.2%		30.8	942^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	30.1%	199			19.9		44.6	34.4	46.3		59.7	47.3	43.3								$18,904	$522	$18,382
Walter C. Black Elementary School	Public	K-2	371 Stockton Street	Hightstown	08520	Mercer County	East Windsor Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 443-7816	510	52	9.8	45.7%	140 (27.5%)	39 (7.6%)	213 (41.8%)	89 (17.5%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	24 (4.7%)								(n/a)																			$7,643	$56	$7,587

Cities Near Hightstown

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
East Windsor	1.43 mi	3	353^rd
Roosevelt	3.31 mi	1	266^th
Monroe Township	3.52 mi	6	86^th
Monroe Twp	3.65 mi	3	301^st
Cranbury	3.95 mi	1	59^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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