📍 195 Washington Ave, Carteret, Middlesex County, 07008
Carteret Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Carteret, Middlesex County. The school has 607 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Carteret Public School District school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
Carteret Junior High School enrolls 607 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Hispanic or Latino, 22% Asian and 19% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 285 | 47% |
| Asian | 136 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 114 | 19% |
| White | 56 | 9.2% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 2.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
447 of the school's 607 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 374 qualify for free lunch and 73 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Carteret Junior High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ-60, state senate district 19, state house district 19.
Carteret Junior High School is one of 6 schools in Carteret Public School District, based in Carteret, New Jersey. The district serves 4,015 students district-wide and employs 312 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 607 students, Carteret Junior High School is close to the district average of about 669 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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