Top 100 Best STEM High Schools – Millburn High School – US News & World Report – 33/100

Top 100 Best STEM High Schools – Millburn High School – US News & World Report – 33/100


Top 100 Best STEM High Schools – Millburn High School – US News & World Report – 33/100

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Millburn High School
462 MILLBURN AVE
MILLBURN, NJ 07041

Phone: (973) 376-3600

District: Millburn Township

Overview

Millburn High School is ranked 15th within New Jersey. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® course work and exams. The AP® participation rate at Millburn High School is 61 percent. The student body makeup is 52 percent male and 48 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 22 percent. Millburn High School is the only high school in the Millburn Township.

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Rankings / Awards

This details how this school compares to others based on U.S. News ranking criteria.

Medal Awarded Gold
National Rank
#225
State Rank
#15
STEM Rank
#33
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Students / Teachers

These counts and percentages of students and teachers are from data reported by schools to the government.

Total Enrollment 1,492
Total Minority Enrollment (% of total) 22%
Total Economically Disadvantaged (% of total) 1%
Full-Time Teachers 107
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Test Scores

U.S. News calculates these values based on student performance on state exit exams and internationally available exams on college-level course work (AP®/IB exams).

Proficient in Language 98%
Proficient in Math 94%
College Readiness Index 58.7
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School Data

School profile information is based on government data.

Grades Served 09 – 12
Setting Large Suburb
Charter School No
Magnet School No
Receives Title I Funding No
District

This information relates to high schools run by this school’s state operating agency. Many districts contain only one high school.

Total Schools 1
Total Students 1,492
Proficient in Language (district average) 98%
Proficient in Math (district average) 94%
College Readiness (district average) 58.7

Total Enrollment 1,492
9th Grade 412 Students
10th Grade 353 Students
11th Grade 336 Students
12th Grade 391 Students
Student Diversity

This is the breakdown of ethnicity and gender of a school’s student body, based on data reported to the government.

Ethnicity/Race

Total Minority Enrollment (% of total) 22%
American Indian/Alaskan Native Enrollment (% of total) 0%
Asian Enrollment (% of total) 17%
Black Enrollment (% of total) 2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander (% of total) 0.1%
Hispanic Enrollment (% of total) 2%
White Enrollment (% of total) 78%
Two or More Races Enrollment (% of total) 0.3%
Gender

Male (% of total) 52%
Female (% of total) 48%
Economically Disadvantaged Students

These are the percentages of the school’s students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, based on data reported to the government.

Free Lunch Program (% of total) 1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program (% of total) 0.1%
Total Economically Disadvantaged (% of total) 1%

Language Proficiency Distribution

Language proficiency is determined by student results on the school’s High School Proficiency Assessment test.

Total Students Tested 335
Partially Proficient 2%
Proficient 47%
Advanced 52%
Math Proficiency Distribution

Math proficiency is determined by student results on the school’s High School Proficiency Assessment test.

Total Students Tested 335
Partially Proficient 7%
Proficient 25%
Advanced 69%
Overall Student Performance

This measures overall student performance on state exams. The calculations by U.S. News were the first of two steps in determining which schools received at least a bronze medal.

State Test Performance Index 126.2
Risk-Adjusted Performance Index 15.8
Disadvantaged Student Performance

This measures the proficiency on state exams among typically underperforming subgroups. The calculations by U.S. News were the second of two steps in determining which schools received at least a bronze medal.

Percentage of Disadvantaged Students Who Are Proficient N/A
Percentage of Non-Disadvantaged Students Who Are Proficient 95.7
Gap Between Disadvantaged and Non-Disadvantaged Students N/A
Gap Between School and State Among Disadvantaged Students N/A
College-Ready Student Performance

High school students take AP® and IB exams to earn college credit and demonstrate success at college-level course work. U.S. News calculated a College Readiness Index based on exam participation rates and percentages of students passing at least one exam. The Index determined which types of medals (gold, silver or bronze) were awarded to top-performing schools.

College Readiness Index 58.7
Exam Used for Index AP®
Advanced Placement® (AP®) Student Performance

Many U.S. higher educational institutions grant credits or advanced placement based on student performance on AP® exams. This shows this school’s student participation and performance on these exams if data were available. (N/A means no students participated.)

Participation Rate 61%
Participant Passing Rate 96%
Exams Per Test Taker 5.0
Exam Pass Rate 95%
Quality-Adjusted Participation Rate 58%
Quality-Adjusted Exams Per Test Taker 5.0

Millburn High School is a four-year public high school in Millburn, in Essex County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Millburn Township Public Schools. The school enrolls students from the town of Millburn, including its neighborhood of Short Hills. It was honored as a Blue Ribbon School in the 2007-08 school year and was named the best high school in the state in the September 2008 and 2010 issues of New Jersey Monthly.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,492 students and 106.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.97:1. There were 10 students (0.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 2 (0.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.