High Schools in South Amboy School District

The South Amboy School District has only one high school, South Amboy Middle/High School, which serves grades 6-12. The school has faced academic challenges, with proficiency rates significantly lower than the state averages across multiple subject areas and grade levels.

South Amboy Middle/High School's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 236 out of 422 New Jersey high schools in 2022-2023 to 345 out of 426 in 2023-2024, with a 2-star rating out of 5. The school's four-year graduation rate for 2022-2023 was 91.1%, slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate was 1.2%, which is relatively low. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate for 2022-2023 was 16.6%, higher than the state average.

Academically, South Amboy Middle/High School's proficiency rates on the NJSLA (New Jersey Student Learning Assessments) are generally lower than the state averages across various grade levels and subject areas, with proficiency rates ranging from 22.4% to 38.2% in English Language Arts and 6.5% to 29.5% in Mathematics. The school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $10,459, slightly lower than the state average, and it has a student-teacher ratio of 12.9, slightly higher than the state average.