Bernards High School | |
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Location | |
25 Olcott Avenue Bernardsville, NJ 07924 |
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Coordinates | 40°43′15″N 74°33′56″W / 40.7208°N 74.5655°WCoordinates: 40°43′15″N 74°33′56″W / 40.7208°N 74.5655°W |
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Type | Public high school |
Established | 1927 |
School district | Somerset Hills Regional School District |
Principal | Scott Neigel |
Asst. principals | Dr. Michael Corbett Michael Hoppe |
Faculty | 64.5 FTEs |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 843 (as of 2014-15) |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.1:1 |
Color(s) |
Crimson and white |
Athletics conference | Skyland Conference |
Team name | Mountaineers |
Publication | The Crimson |
Yearbook | Bernardian |
Website | Bernards High School |
Bernards High School is a comprehensive four-year regional public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of the Somerset Hills Regional School District, a regional K–12 school district that consists of the participating municipalities of Bernardsville, Far Hills and Peapack-Gladstone. Students from Bedminster are sent to the district's high school for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship. The school is located in Bernardsville, within walking distance from the main section of Bernardsville. The school is overseen by the New Jersey Department of Education.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 843 students and 64.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1. There were 58 students (6.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 25 (3.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
In its listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", the school was ranked 88th out of 500 best high schools in the country; it was ranked 18th among all high schools in New Jersey and fifth among the state's non-magnet schools.
In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 235th in the nation among participating public high schools and 18th among schools in New Jersey. The school was ranked 169th in the nation and 12th in New Jersey on the list of "America's Best High Schools 2012" prepared by The Daily Beast / Newsweek, with rankings based primarily on graduation rate, matriculation rate for college and number of Advanced Placement / International Baccalaureate courses taken per student, with lesser factors based on average scores on the SAT / ACT, average AP/IB scores and the number of AP/IB courses available to students.