📍 457 High Street, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, 08861
Perth Amboy Magnet School is a Technical/Vocational serving high age pupils, located in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County. The school has 264 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 95%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Perth Amboy Magnet School enrolls 264 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 59% male and 40% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Hispanic or Latino, 8.4% White and 7.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 217 | 83% |
| White | 22 | 8.4% |
| Black or African American | 19 | 7.3% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
182 of the school's 264 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 141 qualify for free lunch and 41 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.
Perth Amboy Magnet 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.
Perth Amboy Magnet School is one of 5 schools in Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District, based in East Brunswick, New Jersey. The district serves 2,121 students district-wide and employs 176 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 264 students, Perth Amboy Magnet School is smaller than the district average of about 424 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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