Summary:
Mahwah High School is the only high school listed in Mahwah Township Public School District, serving grades 9–12 with 829 students. In 2024–2025, its graduation rate was 96%, compared with 89% statewide, and chronic absenteeism was 6%, compared with 14% statewide. The most important takeaway is that test results are uneven: Algebra II is a clear strength, while Algebra I end-of-course results are a concern.
Because the list has just one school, there are no local school-to-school leaders or lower performers to compare. Relative to New Jersey, however, Mahwah High School stands out positively in Algebra II: proficiency was 86% on both listed comparisons, about 33 points above the state’s end-of-course result and 33 points above its ninth-grade result. Grade 9 English proficiency was 67%, 15 points above the state, and NJGPA Mathematics was 83%, 22 points above. The clearest shortfall was Algebra I end of course, at 24% compared with 40% statewide, a 16-point gap below the state. Grade 9 Algebra I was also 24%, but about 1 point above the state.
Results declined on seven of nine matched tests from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, with grade 9 English and NJGPA Mathematics improving: English rose from 65% to 67%, and NJGPA Mathematics from 80% to 83%. Geometry grade 9 fell from 84% to 62%, while the state result went from 55% to 50%; Algebra II also fell, from 100% to 86%, but its advantage over the state grew as the state result dropped. SchoolDigger ranks the school 103rd of 434 for 2025–2026, down from 83rd the prior year; it ranks the district 86th of 607 and awards it four stars. The school’s student-teacher ratio was 9.1 to 1 in 2024–2025, and 17% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year.
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