Hopewell Valley Central High School
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 Hopewell Valley Central High School
Hopewell Valley Central High School
Hopewell Valley Central High School
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259 Pennington-Titusville Road Pennington, NJ 08534 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°19′37″N 74°48′11″W / 40.327012°N 74.803117°WCoordinates: 40°19′37″N 74°48′11″W / 40.327012°N 74.803117°W |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1907 |
| School district | Hopewell Valley Regional School District |
| Principal | Tana Smith |
| Vice principals | Scott Brettell Patricia Pinelli |
| Faculty | 105.3 FTEs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,253 (as of 2015-16) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.9:1 |
| Campus | Rural |
| Color(s) |
Black and Vegas gold |
| Athletics conference | Colonial Valley Conference |
| Team name |
Bulldogs
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| Rivals | Pennington School, Montgomery HS, Steinert HS, Nottingham HS |
| Yearbook | Centralogue |
| Feeder schools | Timberlane Middle School |
| Website | School website |
Hopewell Valley Central High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hopewell Borough, Hopewell Township and Pennington Borough, three communities in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Although the high school has a Pennington mailing address, it is located within the political boundaries of Hopewell Township, just outside Pennington Borough.
As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,253 students and 105.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1. There were 37 students (3.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 11 (0.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The Hopewell Valley Central High School credo is that the school is a "high-performing, high-achieving school with a soul." HVCHS encourages and fosters partnerships between teachers, students, parents, and the community. The Municipal Alliance and Healthy Communities/Healthy Youth play a key role in the "Culture of Respect." Students are involved in service organizations with community outreach programs.
Hopewell Valley Central High School provides a curriculum that is broad, diversified and comprehensive, allowing students to structure their own challenges. HVCHS encourages high expectations and achievement.
The school was the 41st-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 31st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 38th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 39th in 2008 out of 316 schools. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 101st out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 31 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (87.8%) and language arts literacy (95.4%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
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