Type Public high school Vice principal Jason Klebez Grades 9-12 Phone +1 908-475-4025 Lowest grade Ninth grade | Principal Edward J. Lazzara Faculty 43.9 FTEs Enrollment 481 (as of 2014-15) Number of students 481 (2014–2015) | |
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Address 809 Oxford St, Belvidere, NJ 07823, USA | ||
Belvidere High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Belvidere, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Belvidere School District.
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Students from Harmony Township, Hope Township and White Township attend Belvidere High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 481 students and 43.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1. There were 57 students (11.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 12 (2.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 117th-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 189th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 250th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 250th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 251st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
The Belvidere High School County Seaters athletic teams compete in the Valley Division of the Skyland Conference, which operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 359 students in grades 10-12, the school is classified by the NJSIAA for most sports as North I, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 187 to 490. Interscholastic sports offered include football, baseball, softball, basketball, cross country, swimming, cheerleading, golf, wrestling, field hockey, and soccer.
The school operates as the lead agency for cooperative girls and boys swimming programs with North Warren Regional High School that expires at the end of the 2017-18 school year.
The boys baseball team won the North II Group I state sectional championship in 1965.
The girls field hockey team won the North II Group I state sectional championships in 1982, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1996, and won the combined North I / II Group I title in 1992. The team was Group I co-champion in 1989 (with Haddonfield High School) and won the Group I title outright in 1990 (vs. South Hunterdon Regional High School).
The boys wrestling team won the North II Group I state sectional championships in 1996, 1999, 2000 and 2001.
The football team won the North II Group I state sectional championship in 1999.
The girls soccer team won the North II, Group I state sectional championship in 2005 with a 1-0 win over North Arlington High School. The team won the North I, Group I state sectional title in a shootout after overtime ended in a 2-2 tie with Cresskill High School.
Activities and clubs
There are many clubs at Belvidere, including Marching Band, Color Guard, Madrigals, Chorus, S.T.A.N.D, Diversity Club, FFA, Student Government, a science club, a book club, a running club, Scarlet Scoop (school newspaper), HOPE Club, Leo Club, Yearbook Club, National Honor Society, French National Honor Society, and others.
Administration
Core members of the school's current administration are: