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Hackettstown High School

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Type
  
Public high school

Faculty
  
68.4 FTEs

Enrollment
  
923 (as of 2014-15)

Color
  
Black

Lowest grade
  
Ninth grade

Principal
  
Matthew Scanlon

Grades
  
9-12

Phone
  
+1 908-852-8150

Number of students
  
923 (2014–2015)

Hackettstown High School

Vice principals
  
Kevin J. O'Leary Kyle S. Sosnovik

Address
  
701 St, 599 Warren St, Hackettstown, NJ 07840, United States

District
  
Hackettstown School District

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Hackettstown High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hackettstown in Warren County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Hackettstown School District. Hackettstown High School serves students from Hackettstown, along with those from the townships of Allamuchy, Independence and Liberty, who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships.

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As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 923 students and 68.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.5:1. There were 95 students (10.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 25 (2.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

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Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 211th-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 216th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 191st in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 236th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 215th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 97th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 73 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (85.8%) and language arts literacy (97.6%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).

Athletics

The Hackettstown High School Tigers joined the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference in the 2009-10 school year, as a result of the realignment of conferences in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 710 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 508 to 770 students in that grade range. The school competes in football, golf, soccer, cheerleading, volleyball, marching band, cross country, basketball, wrestling, fencing, baseball, softball, field hockey, lacrosse and track.

The football team won the North II Group I state sectional championships in 1981.

The wrestling team won the North II Group II state sectional championships in 2006 and 2007. The team won the 2007 Skyland Conference Raritan Division championships, the team's first ever conference crown, and went on to win the North II, Group II state sectional championship with a score of 54-6 against West Morris Mendham High School in the tournament final.

The baseball team won the 2007 North II, Group II state sectional championship, for the first time in 20 years, with a 5-4 win over Cliffside Park High School. The Tigers won the Skyland Raritan Conference title in 2009; their first Skyland title in 20 years. They won the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference title in 2010.

In 2010, the girls' soccer team ended the season with a 19-6 record and winning the North II Group II state sectional championship. The championship game was won with 28.6 seconds remaining by a goal scored by Shanon Browne, a senior on the team and was the school's first NJAC Freedom Division championship. For their accomplishment the New Jersey Herald recognized the team as their 2010 Girls' Soccer Team of the Year.

The boys' soccer team won the Group III state championship in 2001 (defeating Hopewell Valley Central High School in the tournament final) and the Group II title in 2014 (vs. Cinnaminson High School]]). In 2014, the boys' varsity soccer team finished the season with a record of 23-1-1. They entered the state tournament with a record of 17-1 and were a three seed. In the North II Group II sectional final, Hackettstown beat Garfield High School by a score of 2-1, capturing the North II Group II title. They then went on to play Ramsey High School where they were tied 1-1 after regulation and two overtimes; In penalty kicks, Hackettstown won by a score of 4-1. In the Group II tournament finals, Hackettstown beat Cinnaminson High School by a score of 3-1 at Kean University, earning the team's first championship since winning the Group III state championship in 2001 and capping a season in which the team broke a total of 8 school records including most goals scored in a season (27), most shutouts posted (8) and fewest losses (1).

Notable alumni

  • Brian Fallon (born 1980), musician who plays guitar and lead vocals for The Gaslight Anthem.
  • John D. Bulkeley (1911–96), Medal of Honor recipient and United States Navy vice admiral.
  • John DiMaio (born 1955), member of the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 23rd Legislative District since March 16, 2009.
  • Cole Kimball (born 1985), pitcher who has played for the Washington Nationals.
  • Administration

    Core members of the school's administration are:

  • Matthew J. Scanlon - Principal
  • Kevin J. O'Leary - Vice-Principal
  • Kyle S. Sosnovik - Vice Principal of Student Affairs
  • References

    Hackettstown High School Wikipedia