Long Branch High School
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| 404 Indiana Ave Long Branch, NJ 07740 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Long Branch Public Schools |
| Principal | Vincent J. Muscillo (Lead Principal) James H. Brown Jr. (Visual and Performing Arts) Frank Riley (School of Leadership) Angela Y. Torres (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Carmen Vega (Alternative Program Academy) |
| Faculty | 103.0 FTEs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,278 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.4:1 |
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Green and white |
| Athletics conference | Shore Conference |
| Team name | Green Wave |
| Rivals | Neptune High School, Shore Regional High School, Red Bank Regional High School |
| Website | School website |
Long Branch High School is a comprehensive, four-year community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades in the city of Long Branch, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Long Branch Public Schools. LBPS, one of 31 special-needs Abbott districts in the state, serves the city of Long Branch. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,278 students and 103.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1. There were 792 students (62.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 161 (12.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school was the 228th-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 167th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 206th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 246th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 290th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
The Long Branch High School Green Wave compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore. All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The conference operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 977 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as Central Jersey, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 822 to 1,068 students in that grade range.
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