Type Public Vice principal Susan La Fauci Grades 9-12 Phone +1 732-321-8744 Color White Lowest grade Ninth grade | Principal Bruce Peragallo Faculty 53.3 FTEs Enrollment 643 (as of 2014-15) District Metuchen School District Number of students 643 (2014–2015) | |
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Address 400 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJ 08840, USA Athletics conference Greater Middlesex Conference | ||
Metuchen high school project graduation montage 2016
Metuchen High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Metuchen in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Metuchen School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1929.
Contents
- Metuchen high school project graduation montage 2016
- Metuchen high school bulldog tour
- Awards recognition and rankings
- Athletics
- Marching Band
- Administration
- Notable alumni
- References
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 643 students and 53.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1. There were 43 students (6.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 6 (0.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Metuchen high school bulldog tour
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 77th-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 19th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 54th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 86th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 56th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 99th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 26 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (88.6%) and language arts literacy (94.7%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
Athletics
The Metuchen High School Bulldogs compete in the Greater Middlesex Conference, made up of public and private high schools located in the greater Middlesex County area. Metuchen is placed in the Gold Division for Football. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 500 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as Central Jersey, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 498 to 750 students in that grade range.
The school participates in a cooperative ice hockey program together with J.P. Stevens High School, under an agreement with Edison High School as the lead agency / host that expires at the end of the 2016-17 school year.
The school was recognized as the Group I winner of the NJSIAA ShopRite Cup in 2006-07, which recognizes overall athletic achievement by schools in Groups I-IV, Group A and Group B, based on the all-around best athletic program within each group in the state of New Jersey. The award for the 2006-07 ShopRite Cup recognized the school for achieving 2nd place in Girls Soccer, 2nd in Boys Soccer, 1st in Girls Cross Country, 4th in Boys Cross Country, a tie for 3rd in Football, and 1st in Boys Track and Field. The team repeated as Group I winner in the 2007-08 ShopRite Cup, with first-place finishes in Girls Soccer, Boys Winter Track Relays and Boys Spring Track, a second-place finish in Boys Winter Track Individual and a third place in Girls Cross-Country, with an additional nine points awarded for having no disqualifications in all three athletic seasons.
The boys' track team won the indoor relay championship in Group I/II in 1972 and 1973 (as co-champion with Saddle Brook High/Middle School), and the Group I title in 1992, 1997, 1999, 2003 and 2008; The seven titles are tied for third-most among public high schools in the state. The girls team won the indoor relay title in Group I in 1996.
The football team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional championship in 1985.
In 2007, the girls' soccer team won the Central Jersey, Group I state sectional championship with a 1-0 win over Robbinsville High School in the tournament final. The win marked the team's third consecutive sectional title, their first three-peat since 1988-90. The team moved on to win the Group I state championship with a 1-0 win over Glen Ridge High School in the tournament final, the team's first ever state title.
Marching Band
The Pride of Metuchen High School Marching Band consists of over 80 wind, percussion, and color guard members. The band performs at all school football games and participates in many Tournament of Bands and USBands competitions located in the New Jersey area. At the 2013 New Jersey state championships at Rutgers University, the marching band won 3rd place in Group 4 Open competition. The Pride of Metuchen were the 2015-16 Tournament of Bands Group 3 A, Atlantic Coast Champions.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
Notable alumni
Notable alumni of Metuchen High School include