The Career Center of the SCESC
Bridgewater · NJ · Somerset County Educational Services Commission School Distr · Public · K-12 combined
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UNION REGIONAL SCHOOL → NuView Academy → MIDDLESEX CO JDC → Westlake → Somerset Secondary Academy → Lamberts Mill Academy → Pinnacle Academy High School → Developmental Learning Center Warren →For Parents
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👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $24,406/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +10.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 7 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNION REGIONAL SCHOOL Scotch Plains |
Public | 12.0 | 7 | — |
| NuView Academy PISCATAWAY |
Public | 5.4 | 11 | — |
| MIDDLESEX CO JDC NEW BRUNSWICK |
Public | 10.2 | 28 | — |
| Westlake Westfield |
Public | 14.2 | 32 | — |
| Somerset Secondary Academy Bridgewater |
Public | 0.0 | 70 | — |
| Lamberts Mill Academy WESTFIELD |
Public | 14.2 | 38 | — |
| Pinnacle Academy High School PLAINFIELD |
Public | 10.2 | 67 | +11.7% |
| Developmental Learning Center Warren WARREN |
Public | 6.6 | 82 | — |