John F. Kennedy Memorial High School | |
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Location | |
200 Washington Avenue Iselin, NJ 08830 |
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Information | |
Type | Public high school |
Established | 1964 |
School district | Woodbridge Township School District |
Principal | Keshaun Henry |
Faculty | 114.9 FTEs |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1,344 (as of 2014-15) |
Student to teacher ratio | 11.7:1 |
Color(s) |
Dartmouth green and white |
Athletics conference | Greater Middlesex Conference |
Team name | Mustangs |
Newspaper | The Torch |
Yearbook | Camelot |
Vice principals | Kevin Coleman Marquan Payne |
Website | School website |
John F. Kennedy Memorial High School (J.F.K.) is one of three four-year comprehensive public high schools that serve students in ninth through twelfth grades from Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Woodbridge Township School District. The other two high schools in the district are Colonia High School and Woodbridge High School. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1968.
What was to be named Iselin High School was constructed for the 1964–65 school year to alleviate overcrowding in the district's high schools that had 5,600 students in double sessions during the 1962–63 school year. After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, the Board of Education voted to change the name of the school from Iselin High School to John F. Kennedy Memorial High School at their meeting on November 26, 1963. The school opened in September 1964.
J.F.K., like the other two high schools in the district, uses block scheduling, instead of the conventional eight periods a day.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,344 students and 114.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1. There were 410 students (30.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 132 (9.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.