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Sayreville War Memorial High School

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Sayreville War Memorial High School ranks 258 th of 434 New Jersey high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

258^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 434 New Jersey High Schools

Better than 41% of New Jersey high schools

Summary

Sayreville War Memorial High School is a public high school in Parlin, New Jersey, serving 1,763 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Sayreville School District, which is ranked 334 out of 609 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Sayreville War Memorial High School performs in the middle range of New Jersey high schools, typically ranking between 200-270 out of 400-430 schools. The school's English Language Arts proficiency is around 50%, while Mathematics proficiency is around 30%, with stronger performance in Algebra II and NJGPA Mathematics compared to Algebra I and Geometry. However, the school's Science proficiency lags behind the state average at 25-30%. The school has relatively strong performance for African American and English Language Learner students, but its performance for Asian, Hispanic, and White student subgroups is in the middle to lower range.

Compared to nearby schools, Sayreville War Memorial High School performs similarly to or slightly better than South River High School and South Amboy Middle/High School, but lags behind higher-performing schools like East Brunswick High School and Edison High School. The school's per-student spending of $7,656 in 2018-2019 is lower than the state average, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 13-16.6% is higher than the state's target of 10%, indicating room for improvement in student attendance.

1,764

Students ?

12.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$7,656

Per pupil spending ?

46.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

820 Washington Road
Parlin, NJ 08859-1050

(732) 525-5252

District: Sayreville School District

Feeder schools for Sayreville War Memorial High School:

Elementary:	Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School
	Emma Arleth Elementary School
	Harry S. Truman Elementary School
	Samsel Upper Elementary School
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	Woodrow Wilson Elementary School
Middle:	Sayreville Middle School

Racial breakdown:

White:

35.3%

Hispanic:

27.6%

African American:

17.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 59th percentile in 2015 → 41st in 2025

Strengths

✓93% graduate in 4 years — above the New Jersey average (89%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (37% vs 44% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 18 percentile points since 2015

!Algebra I scores 23 pts below the New Jersey average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school37%

District avg40%

New Jersey avg44%

258^th of 434

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Bottom 41%▼ down 18 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

334^th of 609Sayreville 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	40.6	258 of 434	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.6	219 of 429	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.1	259 of 422	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.8	235 of 415	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	44.8	183 of 405	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	30.8	270 of 416	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.8	254 of 415	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2017	34.9	253 of 411	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2016	40.4	221 of 409	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2015	44.7	168 of 406	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2014	55.5	246 of 411	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2013	60.0	210 of 396	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2012	59.5	208 of 388	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2011	58.8	204 of 378	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2010	55.0	223 of 371	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	55.3	219 of 370	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2008	60.0	186 of 359	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2007	55.6	201 of 361	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2006	60.6	185 of 357	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2005	60.0	180 of 351	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2004	57.0	185 of 348	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2003	53.9	196 of 343	42.9%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	57.8	88 of 283	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	71.2	48 of 282	83.0%	★★★★☆
2023	41.3	116 of 250	53.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	45.0	109 of 256	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	48.7	107 of 247	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.5	136 of 254	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.1	121 of 266	54.5%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	43.4	121 of 190	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.7	132 of 191	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.5	102 of 172	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.2	130 of 175	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	37.3	108 of 165	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.1	150 of 191	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.4	134 of 198	32.3%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	54.1	64 of 215	70.2%	★★★★☆
2024	49.3	74 of 191	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	23.6	146 of 161	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	41.6	58 of 137	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	20.1	99 of 101	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.2	127 of 138	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	57.1	37 of 146	74.7%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	46.0	222 of 426	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	50.3	206 of 420	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	31.2	254 of 416	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.7	237 of 414	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	46.8	171 of 402	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	39.2	228 of 408	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.2	211 of 403	47.6%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	49.6	180 of 406	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.7	207 of 403	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.0	220 of 385	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.7	176 of 382	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	44.4	175 of 374	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.1	206 of 364	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.0	244 of 368	33.7%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	62.6	92 of 377	75.6%	★★★★☆
2024	56.3	120 of 358	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	32.0	228 of 344	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	49.2	115 of 324	64.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	52.8	102 of 326	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.3	175 of 347	49.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	47.3	146 of 345	57.7%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	50.4	183 of 426	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	47.1	206 of 419	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	36.3	218 of 414	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	51.1	135 of 410	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	43.1	189 of 402	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.8	209 of 407	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.9	214 of 405	47.2%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	45.0	159 of 359	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.3	109 of 361	69.8%	★★★★☆
2023	38.1	174 of 339	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	50.0	116 of 344	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	39.4	187 of 333	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.4	190 of 349	45.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.3	211 of 355	40.6%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	41.1	216 of 347	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.6	224 of 345	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.6	187 of 335	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.4	146 of 335	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	29.1	230 of 336	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.7	224 of 339	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.8	238 of 340	30.0%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)76th percentile+35 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)70th percentile+30 vs school

African American (2025)69th percentile+28 vs school

Male (2025)57th percentile+16 vs school

Special Education (2025)56th percentile+15 vs school

Hispanic (2025)56th percentile+15 vs school

Female (2025)48th percentile+7 vs school

White (2025)38th percentile-3 vs school

Asian (2025)36th percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Algebra II97%+16 vs state

Mathematics66%+8 vs state

English Language Arts52%~ state avg

Geometry33%-23 vs state

Science26%-5 vs state

Algebra I8%-23 vs state

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by a student
Friday, January 24, 2020

The worst school I've ever been to. The whte kids are the boldest creatures I've ever come across, with their blatant racism. I can't go a day without hearing the n-word at least 30 times, probably more. The teachers are disrespectful. They speak to their students any way that they please and they do not give their students equal opportunities in general. The lunch is expensive for how horrid it tastes. There's not a huge variety in languages to learn and electives to take. It's just a bad school overall. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, December 19, 2009

School should find a way to get more support from parents because educating our kids is a 50/50 partnership between the school and parents, and when there is a break between the two the kids end up falling between that crack. The school has a lot of leverage they should use against students that do not do their homework, like giving them detention and having them do it then or making a parent come up to school for a conference everytime the student fails to do their assignments. They need to have MUCH higher expectations of theses kids and they too will have high expectations of themselves. I am the parent of two high achieving students at this school and had to spend a lot of money on tutoring to make up for schools shortcomings. 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 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th 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 End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sayreville War Memorial High School	Public	9-12	820 Washington Road	Parlin	08859	Middlesex County	Sayreville School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 525-5252	1,764	141	12.5	46.2%	623 (35.3%)	300 (17.0%)	486 (27.6%)	273 (15.5%)	7 (0.4%)	3 (0.2%)	69 (3.9%)	40.6	258^th of 434 public high schools	40.6%		46.6	219^th of 429 public high schools	49.0%	39		66.0		25.9				52.3					7.8		8.7	33.3	32.9	100.0	95.0	$7,656		$7,656
South Amboy Middle/High School	Public	6-12	200 Governor Harold G Hoffman	South Amboy	08879	Middlesex County	South Amboy School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 316-7669	616	44	14.0	58.6%	219 (35.6%)	78 (12.7%)	282 (45.8%)	23 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.1%)	39.4	268^th of 434 public high schools	38.2%		30.5	303^rd of 429 public high schools	29.4%	35	85.1	65.9	6.8	24.4	23.5	28.1	30.1	29.4	20.5	30.0	1.8	36.8	4.2		11.1					$10,459	$691	$9,768
South River High School	Public	9-12	11 Montgomery Street	South River	08882	Middlesex County	South River Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 613-4014	716	59	12.1	64.2%	303 (42.3%)	38 (5.3%)	348 (48.6%)	19 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.0%)	21.3	353^rd of 434 public high schools	18.7%		23	342^nd of 429 public high schools	20.3%	11	64.8	44.7		15.3				28.9					7.7		7.7	30.0	30.0			$9,035	$14	$9,021
Edison Academy Magnet School	Public	9-12	100 Technology Drive	Edison	08837	Middlesex County	Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 452-2600	173	13	13.8	1.7%	8 (4.6%)	4 (2.3%)	6 (3.5%)	153 (88.4%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	77.8	57^th of 434 public high schools	86.9%		84.4	40^th of 429 public high schools	90.7%	17																		100.0	100.0	$11,783	$322	$11,461
Perth Amboy Magnet School	Public	9-12	457 High Street	Perth Amboy	08861	Middlesex County	Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 376-6300	269	17	15.8	74.3%	27 (10.0%)	28 (10.4%)	208 (77.3%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	50.5	198^th of 434 public high schools	54.4%		51.8	191^st of 429 public high schools	55.5%	7		85.9		32.8				34.9					30.2		30.2	46.2	46.2			$11,074	$779	$10,295
Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School	Public, Charter	7-12	612 Amboy Ave	Perth Amboy	08861	Middlesex County	Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(848) 203-3742	259	22	11.7	89.2%	4 (1.5%)	17 (6.6%)	237 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15.4	386^th of 434 public high schools	11.1%		11	406^th of 429 public high schools	5.4%	20	58.8	14.7	4.0	6.1		7.7	16.7	14.0		0.0	0.0		4.0	11.4	7.4		20.0			$11,684	$729	$10,955
East Brunswick Magnet School	Public	9-12	112 Rues Lane	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 254-8700	745	67	11.2	36.5%	285 (38.3%)	67 (9.0%)	319 (42.8%)	43 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	20 (2.7%)	52.3	185^th of 434 public high schools	57.4%		41.5	250^th of 429 public high schools	41.7%	65	87.0	63.3		23.1				54.3					20.0		20.0	78.5	78.5			$10,118	$730	$9,388
Old Bridge High School	Public	9-12	4209 Route 516	Matawan	07747	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 290-3900	2,659	196	13.5	27.5%	1,447 (54.4%)	242 (9.1%)	484 (18.2%)	422 (15.9%)	8 (0.3%)	7 (0.3%)	45 (1.7%)	47.2	221^st of 434 public high schools	49.1%		52.8	184^th of 429 public high schools	57.1%	37	75.0	53.0		30.9				45.9					28.5		28.5	71.9	71.3	93.3	93.3	$14,171	$84	$14,087
East Brunswick High School	Public	10-12	380 Cranbury Road	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	East Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 613-6904	2,124	163	13.0	24.2%	1,001 (47.1%)	122 (5.7%)	248 (11.7%)	694 (32.7%)	4 (0.2%)	7 (0.3%)	47 (2.2%)	86.8	22^nd of 434 public high schools	94.9%		87.5	28^th of 429 public high schools	93.5%	6		79.7		53.9																$14,963		$14,963
Perth Amboy High School	Public	9-12	931 Convery Blvd	Perth Amboy	08861	Middlesex County	Perth Amboy Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 376-6030	2,769	188	14.7	69.8%	23 (0.8%)	110 (4.0%)	2,608 (94.2%)	11 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (0.4%)	17.7	371^st of 434 public high schools	14.5%		13.4	388^th of 429 public high schools	9.6%	17	65.6	30.0		10.2				33.0					6.7	3.3	6.5	30.2	29.6	73.7	70.0	$14,528	$429	$14,099

Frequently Asked Questions about Sayreville War Memorial High School

What district is Sayreville War Memorial High School in?

Sayreville School District

Is Sayreville War Memorial High School a good school?

Sayreville War Memorial High School ranks 258^th of 434 New Jersey high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Sayreville War Memorial High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,764 students attended Sayreville War Memorial High School.

What schools feed into Sayreville War Memorial High School?

Sayreville War Memorial High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School
Elementary : Emma Arleth Elementary School
Elementary : Harry S. Truman Elementary School
Elementary : Samsel Upper Elementary School
Elementary : Woodrow Wilson Elementary School
Middle : Sayreville Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Sayreville War Memorial High School?

Students at Sayreville War Memorial High School are 35% White, 28% Hispanic, 17% African American, 15% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

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