Type Public high school Principal Richard Delmonaco Faculty 68.5 FTEs Phone +1 732-382-0910 Colors White, Navy Blue | Established 1956 Asst. principal Daniel Hemberger Grades 9-12 Founded 1956 | |
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Address 365 Westfield Ave, Clark, NJ 07066, USA District Clark Public School District Similar Clark Public Schools, Carl H Kumpf Middle Sc, Governor Livingston High Sch, Union Catholic High Sch, Scotch Plains‑Fa High Sch Profiles | ||
Arthur l johnson high school clark snack shack ribbon cutting
Arthur L. Johnson High School is a four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Clark, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Clark Public School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1963. Students from Garwood attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Garwood Public Schools.
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- Arthur l johnson high school clark snack shack ribbon cutting
- Arthur l johnson high school class of 2014 graduation june 20 2014
- Awards recognition and rankings
- Athletics
- Administration
- Notable alumni
- References
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 790 students and 68.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1. There were 38 students (4.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 18 (2.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Arthur l johnson high school class of 2014 graduation june 20 2014
Awards, recognition and rankings
In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 47th in New Jersey and 1,493rd nationwide. The school was ranked 1609th, the 62nd-highest in New Jersey, in Newsweek magazine's 2010 rankings of America's Best High Schools.
In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 898th in the nation among participating public high schools and 67th among schools in New Jersey.
The school was the 86th-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. The school had been ranked 40th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 101st in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 95th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 91st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 115th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 29 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (84.1%) and language arts literacy (97.5%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
Athletics
The Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusaders compete in the Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference, which consists of public and parochial high schools covering Union County, operating under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 616 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as Central Jersey, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 506 to 749 students in that grade range. Before the 2010 realignment, the school had participated in the Mountain Valley Conference, which consisted of public and parochial high schools in Essex County and Union County.
The boys bowling team won the overall state championship in 1985 and the Group I state championship in 2013.
The football team won the North II Group II state sectional titles in 1995 and 2002.
The girls field hockey team won the North II Group II state sectional titles in 2008, 2010 and 2011.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are: