Type Public high school Vice principal Gary Kicinski Grades 7-12 Number of students 537 (2014–2015) | Principal Michael Fromfield Faculty 37.1 FTEs Phone +1 973-777-0808 Color White | |
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2015 wallington high school junior national honor society induction ceremony
Wallington Jr./Sr. High School is a six-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from Wallington, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Wallington Public Schools.
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- 2015 wallington high school junior national honor society induction ceremony
- Becton wallington high school varsity girls soccer team celebrate a historic victory 10 26 16
- Awards recognition and rankings
- Athletics
- Administration
- References
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 537 students and 37.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1. There were 128 students (23.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 43 (8.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Becton wallington high school varsity girls soccer team celebrate a historic victory 10 26 16
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 223rd-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 239th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 204th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 200th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 206th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
The Wallington High School Panthers compete in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, comprising private and public high schools located in Bergen County, Passaic County and Hudson County, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. With 257 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North I, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 187 to 490 students in that grade range. Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, the school was a member of the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) in the National Division.
Wallington participates in cooperative sports programs for wrestling, girls' soccer and boys' / girls' tennis with Henry P. Becton Regional High School as the host school / lead agency.
The boys' soccer team won the 2009 North I, Group I state sectional title with a 4-0 win vs. Leonia High School. The team won the 2010 North I, Group I state sectional tournament for a second consecutive year with a 2-1 win over Midland Park High School. The soccer team went on to win the Group I state championship, the first for the team in school history, with a win in the tournament finals against South River High School by a score of 1-0.
Under Hall of Fame coach Leonard J. Smith, the Panthers 1959 football team finished the season undefeated with a record of 7-0-1 and were awarded the North I, Group I state championship. In the playoff era, the team won the North I Group I state sectional championship in 1990 and 2010. The football team won the 2010 North I Group I sectional championship, beating Mountain Lakes High School 23-21 at the New Meadowlands Stadium. The defeat ended a 35-game winning streak for Mountain Lakes, at the time the longest such streak in New Jersey.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are: