Perth Amboy High School: Difference between revisions

 

==Awards, recognition and rankings==

The school was the 322nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.<ref>Staff. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/top-schools-alphabetical-list.html "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014"], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.</ref> The school had been ranked 320th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 318th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.<ref>Staff. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/the-top-new-jersey-high-schools-alphabetical.html "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical"], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', August 16, 2012. Accessed September 7, 2012.</ref> The magazine ranked the school 270th in 2008 out of 316 schools.<ref>Staff. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-high-schools-2010.html "2010 Top High Schools"], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', August 16, 2010. Accessed April 7, 2011.</ref> The school was ranked 274th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.<ref>[http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.</ref>

 

==Demographics==

PAHS is 91% [[Hispanic]], 5.9% [[Black (people)|Black]], 2.5% [[White (people)|White]], and 0.4% [[Asian American|Asian]].<ref name=NCES/> Most of the students belong to [[working class]] families. 68% of the students participate in the free or reduced price lunch program. 71% of the school speaks Spanish in their homes while another 1% speaks another language that isn't English at home, mainly Portuguese, Polish, Vietnamese, or Cantonese. There are also [[limited English proficient]] (LEP) students, who compose 15% of the school. Limited English Proficient students cannot speak, read, or write in English and are placed in "bilingual" classes.

 

The average class size is 24 students, with Special Education courses meeting state standards. The school's ratio of students to computers is 1 to 1 meanwhile the state average is 4 to 1. The school day is longer than the state average. The instructional time is 7 hours whereas the state average is 5 hours and 52 minutes.