Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Hoboken High School Comes in 299th on 2022-23 New Jersey SAT Scores; District Factor Group Results Low


Newly released data for the 2022-23 school year shows Hoboken High School has a combined score of 972 with a 472 in Math and a 500 in Reading/Writing. Hoboken HS is ranked 299th in the state according to NJ.COM. Hoboken High School’s 2022-23 SAT scores are below average for its “FG” District Factor Group.

School districts in New Jersey are categorized into District Factor Groups, which describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the local district. Based on discussions with representatives from school districts and experimenting with various methods, the DFGs were calculated using the following six variables that have been found to be most closely related to SES:
  1. Percent of adults with no high school diploma
  2. Percent of adults with some college education
  3. Occupational status
  4. Unemployment rate
  5. Percent of individuals in poverty
  6. Median family income.

For overall comparison, the average SAT score for NJ students at the state’s public schools was 525 for math and 533 for the reading and writing section — for a combined score of 1,058 out of 1,600.  

For triangulation purposes, here are the 2023-24 US News and World Report scores for the NJ state testing results for Hoboken High School: 


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Note: 
New Jersey had 314 school districts supporting 426 high schools in the 2022-23 academic year.