Northern Hills Academy
SPARTA · NJ · Sussex County Educational Services Commission · Public · K-12 combined
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Academy for Environmental Science → Central Park School → Essex High School → Essex Campus Academy → Athletic Training and Physical Therapy → MORRIS CO JDC → WARREN REGIONAL SCHOOL → Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Northern Hills Academy compares for families
What families should know about Northern Hills Academy.
- ▸ LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Academy for Environmental Science, Central Park School, Essex High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 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 +8.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy for Environmental Science Oak Ridge |
Public | 7.1 | 36 | — |
| Central Park School MORRISTOWN |
Public | 19.2 | 17 | — |
| Essex High School Fairfield |
Public | 24.2 | 34 | — |
| Essex Campus Academy FAIRFIELD |
Public | 24.2 | 37 | — |
| Athletic Training and Physical Therapy Succasunna |
Public | 14.7 | 62 | — |
| MORRIS CO JDC MORRISTOWN |
Public | 18.3 | 8 | — |
| WARREN REGIONAL SCHOOL PORT MURRAY |
Public | 25.4 | 5 | — |
| Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital GREYSTONE PARK |
Public | 18.2 | 3 | — |