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Best High Schools in Zip Code 08884

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Top rankedSpotswood High School193^rd of 434 New Jersey high schools

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Summary:

The 08884 zip code is home to a single high school, Spotswood High School, which serves students in grades 9-12 within the Spotswood Public School District. The school's performance has been inconsistent in recent years, with its statewide ranking fluctuating between 193 out of 434 high schools in 2024-2025 and 246 out of 429 in 2023-2024. Its SchoolDigger rating has also varied, ranging from 3 stars out of 5 in 2024-2025 to 2 stars out of 5 in the previous two years.

Academically, Spotswood High School's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are below the state average, but the school performs better on the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA), with proficiency rates of 87.4% in English Language Arts and 74.3% in Mathematics for 11th-grade students, which are higher than the state averages. The school's four-year graduation rate of 91.3% is also above the state average, while its dropout rate of 1.0% is relatively low. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% is higher than the state average.

In terms of demographics and finances, Spotswood High School has a student population of 773 and a per-student spending of $12,557, which is in line with the state average. The school's free and reduced-price lunch rate of 15.78% is lower than the state average, suggesting that the school may not be serving a highly economically disadvantaged student population. The school's student-teacher ratio of 13.5 is slightly lower than the state average.

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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 Algebra I (2025)		NJSLA Geometry (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 11th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Spotswood High School	Public	9-12	105 Summerhill Road	Spotswood	08884	Middlesex County	Spotswood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 723-2200	762	61	12.4	23.5%	504 (66.1%)	38 (5.0%)	164 (21.5%)	39 (5.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.1%)	51.5	193^rd of 434 public high schools	55.5%		42.1	246^th of 429 public high schools	42.7%	53	87.4	74.3	35.3	39.1	15.9	15.9	43.2	42.7	$12,557	$51	$12,506

Cities Near Zip Code 08884

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Spotswood	0.31 mi	4	386^th
Monroe Township	0.63 mi	6	86^th
Old Bridge	1.34 mi	10	208^th
Monroe Twp	1.53 mi	3	301^st
East Brunswick	1.64 mi	13	109^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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