Northern Hills Academy
SPARTA · NJ · Sussex County Educational Services Commission · Public · K-12 combined
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Broadstep Academy → Veritas Christian Academy → Sussex County Technical School → Sparta High School → Pope John Xxiii High School → Lakeland Andover School → Newton High School → Kittatinny Regional High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, 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: Broadstep Academy, Veritas Christian Academy, Sussex County Technical 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.
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 +5.0%/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.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadstep Academy Sparta |
Private | 0.0 | 11 | — |
| Veritas Christian Academy Sparta |
Private | 0.8 | 41 | — |
| Sussex County Technical School Sparta |
Public | 1.6 | 672 | -0.7% |
| Sparta High School SPARTA |
Public | 2.5 | 1,025 | -1.4% |
| Pope John Xxiii High School Sparta |
Private | 2.9 | 691 | +4.1% |
| Lakeland Andover School Newton |
Private | 4.6 | 18 | — |
| Newton High School NEWTON |
Public | 5.1 | 680 | +0.1% |
| Kittatinny Regional High School NEWTON |
Public | 5.6 | 507 | -6.8% |