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Hopatcong High School

Q: Is Hopatcong High School a good school?

Hopatcong High School ranks 295 th of 434 New Jersey high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 8-12

295^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 434 New Jersey High Schools

Better than 32% of New Jersey high schools

Summary

Hopatcong High School is a public high school serving grades 8-12 in Hopatcong, New Jersey, with an enrollment of 520 students. The school is part of the Hopatcong Borough School District, which is ranked 498 out of 609 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hopatcong High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New Jersey high schools over the past decade, with a current statewide rank of 295 out of 434 high schools and a 2-star rating. The school significantly underperforms the state averages across a range of academic metrics, with only 29% of 8th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 57.1%, and just 5.7% of 8th graders and 7.4% of 9th graders proficient or better in Algebra I, compared to state averages of 20.7% and 20.3%, respectively. Additionally, the school has struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.9% to 17.0% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

When compared to nearby high schools, such as West Morris Central High School, which consistently ranks in the top 20% of New Jersey high schools, Hopatcong High School generally underperforms across a range of academic metrics. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with male students and Hispanic students performing relatively better than the overall school, while female students and white students have struggled in comparison to their peers statewide.

506

Students ?

11.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,636

Per pupil spending ?

35.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2A Windsor Ave
Hopatcong, NJ 07843

(973) 398-8803

District: Hopatcong Borough School District

Feeder schools for Hopatcong High School:

Elementary:	Durban Avenue Elementary School
	Tulsa Trail Elementary School
Middle:	Hopatcong Middle School

Racial breakdown:

White:

54.0%

Hispanic:

36.8%

African American:

6.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 20th percentile in 2022 → 32nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 32nd (2025) from a 20th-percentile low (2022)

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (29% vs 46% meeting standards)

!Geometry scores 39 pts below the New Jersey average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school29%

District avg29%

New Jersey avg46%

Middle school

640^th of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Bottom 15%▬ steady since 2022

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

295^th of 434

New Jersey public high schools ?

Bottom 32%▼ down 16 pts since 2015

From bottom 48% (2015) to bottom 32% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

498^th of 609Hopatcong Borough School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	16.8	640 of 752	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.1	618 of 743	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.9	638 of 748	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.8	631 of 745	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	14.5	635 of 728	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.6	591 of 717	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.1	629 of 720	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.1	599 of 726	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	13.6	568 of 608	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.5	570 of 589	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.1	541 of 587	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	27.3	454 of 591	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	16.2	563 of 613	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	32.0	409 of 584	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.1	456 of 568	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.4	372 of 549	32.2%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	20.8	577 of 726	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.8	613 of 719	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.6	601 of 718	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.3	617 of 730	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	23.5	421 of 507	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.6	479 of 510	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.9	458 of 505	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.1	508 of 535	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2024	13.5	464 of 510	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.1	481 of 509	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.3	491 of 512	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	34.3	295 of 434	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.8	330 of 429	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.8	300 of 422	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.9	334 of 415	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.4	236 of 405	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.7	323 of 416	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.3	293 of 415	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	28.1	292 of 411	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	28.6	292 of 409	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	39.5	210 of 406	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2014	44.8	298 of 411	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	36.3	302 of 396	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	29.6	314 of 388	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	31.4	298 of 378	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	49.7	249 of 371	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	43.1	258 of 370	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2008	47.3	235 of 359	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2007	49.0	234 of 361	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2006	45.7	251 of 357	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2005	58.1	192 of 351	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2004	54.9	196 of 348	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2003	59.6	169 of 343	50.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	36.6	285 of 426	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.8	305 of 420	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.2	289 of 416	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	17.3	348 of 414	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	40.6	212 of 402	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.8	314 of 408	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.4	264 of 403	34.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	39.7	248 of 406	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.5	329 of 403	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.8	192 of 385	50.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	27.1	275 of 382	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	40.3	205 of 374	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.2	306 of 364	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.3	269 of 368	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	37.4	246 of 377	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	18.1	322 of 358	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.3	217 of 344	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	14.7	307 of 324	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	42.0	178 of 326	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.7	142 of 347	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	31.2	253 of 345	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	38.3	248 of 426	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.5	309 of 419	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.1	259 of 414	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	16.8	341 of 410	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.5	270 of 402	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	18.3	323 of 407	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.5	320 of 405	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	34.9	225 of 359	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.2	239 of 361	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.1	289 of 339	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.9	234 of 344	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	24.7	263 of 333	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.6	243 of 349	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.3	209 of 355	41.1%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	32.4	258 of 347	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.0	290 of 345	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.0	255 of 335	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.8	317 of 335	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	25.2	255 of 336	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.4	311 of 339	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.6	284 of 340	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Middle school

Male (2025)21st percentile+6 vs school

Special Education (2025)17th percentile~ school

Female (2025)13th percentile~ school

White (2024)9th percentile-8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile-7 vs school

Hispanic (2025)7th percentile-8 vs school

High school

Male (2025)42nd percentile+10 vs school

Hispanic (2025)39th percentile+7 vs school

Special Education (2025)37th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)33rd percentile~ school

White (2025)26th percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics50%-7 vs state

Algebra II50%-28 vs state

English Language Arts23%-31 vs state

Algebra I18%-19 vs state

Geometry17%-39 vs state

Science14%-11 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, June 21, 2019

students who do not care to learn are left to run around as much as they want . Spend entire periods in nurses offices. Guidives offices Anywhere but learning . I have seen the stupidest stories bu guidance treated as oh your poor child. Your being played. Or you don’t care I’m not sure . I am happy only one went there rest assured. The rest did not. Guess what. Doing exceptional You deserve your low ratings in fact too high Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJGPA English Language Arts (2025)	NJGPA Mathematics (2025)	NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)		NJSLA Mathematics (2025)	NJSLA Algebra I (2025)				NJSLA Geometry (2025)		NJSLA Algebra II (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJGPA English Language Arts 11th Grade	NJGPA Mathematics 11th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th 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 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hopatcong High School	Public	8-12	2A Windsor Ave	Hopatcong	07843	Sussex County	Hopatcong Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 398-8803	506	44	11.6	35.2%	273 (54.0%)	32 (6.3%)	186 (36.8%)	10 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	34.3	295^th of 434 public high schools	32.0%		25.8	330^th of 429 public high schools	23.1%	35	84.2	50.5	5.6	23.5	29.0	13.4	5.7	78.9	7.4		25.7	17.6	16.0		50.0	50.0	$13,636		$13,636
Lenape Valley Regional High School	Public	9-12	28 Sparta Road	Stanhope	07874	Sussex County	Lenape Valley Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 347-7600	667	58	11.5	17.7%	432 (64.8%)	26 (3.9%)	172 (25.8%)	12 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	23 (3.4%)	62.2	138^th of 434 public high schools	68.2%		66.2	117^th of 429 public high schools	72.7%	21		71.8		37.2		53.4			50.0	15.9	34.3	67.6	67.6				$15,677	$327	$15,350
Athletic Training and Physical Therapy	Public	9-12	1 Bryant Drive	Succasunna	07876	Morris County	Morris County Vocational School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 627-4600	62			8.1%	42 (67.7%)	3 (4.8%)	7 (11.3%)	6 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.5%)	39.2	271^st of 434 public high schools	37.6%					(n/a)				69.2		63.2						50.0	50.0
Roxbury High School	Public	9-12	One Bryant Drive	Succasunna	07876	Morris County	Roxbury Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 584-1200	1,179	116	10.1	23.2%	681 (57.8%)	55 (4.7%)	331 (28.1%)	67 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (3.6%)	52.3	186^th of 434 public high schools	57.1%		50.8	198^th of 429 public high schools	53.8%	12	82.8	61.5		30.8		53.2			19.0		18.8	68.9	67.4				$16,112		$16,112
Mount Olive High School	Public	9-12	18 Corey Road	Flanders	07836	Morris County	Mount Olive Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 927-2208	1,520	126	12.0	22.4%	797 (52.4%)	136 (8.9%)	320 (21.1%)	193 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (4.5%)	59.7	145^th of 434 public high schools	66.6%		58.1	155^th of 429 public high schools	63.9%	10	88.0	77.0		41.1		64.1			9.7	0.0	7.0	39.2	39.2				$10,202	$162	$10,040
Dover High School	Public	9-12	100 Grace Street	Dover	07801	Morris County	Dover Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 989-2010	1,167	92	12.6	59.3%	53 (4.5%)	39 (3.3%)	1,042 (89.3%)	27 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.4%)	19.8	359^th of 434 public high schools	17.3%		23.1	341^st of 429 public high schools	20.5%	18	64.0	35.8		14.4		32.7			5.3	8.7	5.7	42.9	42.9				$6,019	$478	$5,541
Randolph High School	Public	9-12	511 Millbrook Avenue	Randolph	07869	Morris County	Randolph Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 361-2400	1,275	117	10.8	13.4%	763 (59.8%)	53 (4.2%)	267 (20.9%)	162 (12.7%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	23 (1.8%)	57.3	161^st of 434 public high schools	62.9%		56.4	164^th of 429 public high schools	61.8%	3		79.4		39.6		69.4			3.9		3.7	40.4	40.4	96.8		96.8	$11,061	$12	$11,049
Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering	Public	9-12	520 West Main Street	Rockaway	07866	Morris County	Morris County Vocational School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 664-2301	181				15 (8.3%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (3.9%)	153 (84.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.8%)	85	30^th of 434 public high schools	93.1%		84.4	40^th of 429 public high schools	90.7%	10						100.0								100.0		100.0	$12,298	$28	$12,270
Morris Hills High School	Public	9-12	520 West Main Street	Rockaway	07866	Morris County	Morris Hills Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 664-2301	1,140	117	9.7	31.4%	379 (33.2%)	43 (3.8%)	556 (48.8%)	119 (10.4%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	35 (3.1%)	66.7	108^th of 434 public high schools	75.1%		65.9	120^th of 429 public high schools	72.0%	12		68.9		40.5		70.0			36.4	8.7	33.7	87.1	87.1	100.0		100.0	$13,656	$364	$13,292
West Morris Central High School	Public	9-12	259 Bartley Road	Chester	07930	Morris County	West Morris Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 879-5212	1,015	83	12.2	1.4%	756 (74.5%)	21 (2.1%)	143 (14.1%)	44 (4.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (4.7%)	73.4	77^th of 434 public high schools	82.3%		77.8	66^th of 429 public high schools	84.6%	11		76.7		50.9		71.7			31.8		31.6	79.1	78.2	100.0		100.0	$13,366	$40	$13,326

Frequently Asked Questions about Hopatcong High School

How many students attend Hopatcong High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 506 students attended Hopatcong High School.

What schools feed into Hopatcong High School?

Hopatcong High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Durban Avenue Elementary School
Elementary : Tulsa Trail Elementary School
Middle : Hopatcong Middle School

Is Hopatcong High School a good school?

Hopatcong High School ranks 295^th of 434 New Jersey high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Hopatcong High School in?

Hopatcong Borough School District

What is the racial makeup of Hopatcong High School?

Students at Hopatcong High School are 54% White, 37% Hispanic, 6% African American, 2% Asian.

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