Type Public high school Principal David Salvatore Grades 9-12 District Carteret School District Founded 1929 | Established 1929 Faculty 78.5 FTEs Phone +1 732-541-8960 Color White Lowest grade Ninth grade | |
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Vice principals Susan Ackerman
Tara Romero Address 199 Washington Ave, Carteret, NJ 07008, USA Athletics conference Greater Middlesex Conference | ||
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Carteret High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Carteret in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, as the lone secondary school of the Carteret School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1929.
Contents
- Carteret high school 2016 faculty follies jingle bell rock
- Carteret high school dance off
- Awards recognition and rankings
- Athletics
- Administration
- Notable alumni
- References
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,033 students and 78.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1. There were 548 students (53.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 127 (12.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Advanced Placement (AP) courses are offered in AP Biology. The Project Acceleration Program allows students to receive college credit from Seton Hall University and over 200 other colleges and universities. Schedule permitting, students may also earn college credits by attending classes at Middlesex County College.
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Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 261st-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 296th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 302nd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 272nd in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 312th in the magazine's September 2010 issue, which surveyed 332 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 270th out of 367 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (an increase of 17 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
Athletics
The Carteret High School Ramblers compete in the Greater Middlesex Conference, which includes public and private high schools located in the greater Middlesex County area and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 815 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 778 to 1,062 students in that grade range.
School colors are royal blue and white. Sports offered include Softball, Bowling (men), Track and Field Spring (women), Soccer (women), Basketball (men), Football, Tennis (women), Soccer (men), Bowling (women), Wrestling (men), Track and Field Spring (men), Baseball (men) and Basketball (women).
The boys basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1932 vs. Weehawken High School by a final score of 28-27 and the Group II title in 1934 with a victory over Ramsey High School in the tournament final.
The football team won the NJSIAA state sectional championships in Central Jersey Group III in 1976 and in Central Jersey Group II in 1992, 1996, 2007 and 2012. The 2007 football team won the Central Jersey, Group II state sectional championship with a 20-14 over Rumson-Fair Haven High School in a game played at Rutgers Stadium, The win was Carteret's fourth sectional title, and its first since 1996. The 2012 football team went undefeated at 12-0 and were crowned Central Jersey Group II champions as well. They beat Weequahic by the score of 13-12 in a game played at Metlife Stadium.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are: