Student Body
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,803 students and 113.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.96:1. There were 410 students (22.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 129 (7.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Nearly 90% of the 1,800 students at NBTHS go on to institutions of higher education, with many choosing to attend Rutgers University, the nearby state university. The school has sent students to the summer programs at the Governor's School of New Jersey summer program and the Johns Hopkins University Center For Talented Youth. The school offers over fifteen Advanced Placement (AP) courses, and had over 20 AP scholars for the 2005-06 school year.
The school is considered to be both economically and ethnically diverse. As of 2005, the student body was 44% White, 23% Black, 17% Asian, and 16% Hispanic. Economically, the school enrolls students who come from high-income to low-income backgrounds.
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