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Fort Lee High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
3000 Lemoine Ave
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Phone
(201) 585-4675
District
Fort Lee School District
County
BERGEN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1160
Classroom Teachers
83

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

5

(10 is best)

Better than 45.2% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Fort Lee High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
46%
44%
62%
50%
31%
37%
46%
44%
62%
50%
31%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 309 26.6%
Grade 10 281 24.2%
Grade 11 274 23.6%
Grade 12 278 24.0%
Total 1160 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 28.4% 26.1% 40.1%
Black 5.5% 4.9% 15.1%
Hispanic 24.1% 21.5% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 41.7% 47.2% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 12.2% 13.3% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 8.7% 9.9% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.5% 3.4% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 39,799 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 15,808.0 1,255
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.3% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.9% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.3% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 25.0% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 18,312 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 4.8% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.3% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 62.8% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 31.9% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.3% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.6% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.6% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.9% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.6% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 8.2% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,526 $46,472,000 54.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,748 $11,081,000 13.1%
Staff $580 $2,340,000 2.8%
General Administration $454 $1,831,000 2.2%
School Administration $1,038 $4,185,000 4.9%
Operation $1,707 $6,882,000 8.1%
Transportation $520 $2,097,000 2.5%
Other $451 $1,817,000 2.1%
Total Support $7,498 $30,233,000 35.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,001 $8,069,000 9.5%
Total Expenditures $21,025 $84,774,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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