Jefferson Township High School (New Jersey)
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| 1010 Weldon Road Oak Ridge, NJ 07438 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Jefferson Township Public Schools |
| Principal | Dr. Tim Plotts |
| Asst. Principal | Vickki Nadler Ayanna Thorne |
| Faculty | 90.0 FTEs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,006 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.2:1 |
| Color(s) |
Navy Blue gold white |
| Athletics conference | Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference |
| Team name | Falcons |
| Website | School website |
Jefferson Township High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Jefferson Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Jefferson Township Public Schools.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,006 students and 90.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1. There were 80 students (8.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 38 (3.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school was the 121st-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 211th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 158th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 167th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 152nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 186th 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 two components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), mathematics (79.2%) and language arts literacy (93.0%).
The Jefferson Township High School Falcons compete in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, a high school athletic conference comprising schools in Sussex County, Morris County and Warren County, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 761 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North I, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 495 to 762 students in that grade range. Prior to the NJSIAA's 2009 realignment, the school had competed in the Sussex County Interscholastic League, which was primarily based in Sussex County with some schools in Morris County.
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