Montclair High School (New Jersey)
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Children our future, Diversity our strength
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| 100 Chestnut Street Montclair, NJ 07042 |
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| Coordinates | 40°49′23″N 74°12′47″W / 40.82305°N 74.21305°WCoordinates: 40°49′23″N 74°12′47″W / 40.82305°N 74.21305°W |
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| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Montclair Public Schools |
| Principal | James Earle |
| Asst. principals | Jeff Gannon Eileen Gilbert John Jeffries Clifton Thompson Kimberly Westervelt |
| Faculty | 157.6 FTEs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,936 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.3:1 |
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Royal blue white |
| Athletics conference | Super Essex Conference |
| Team name | Mounties |
| Publication | Mountaineer |
| Website | School website |
Montclair High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Montclair, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Montclair Public School District. 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 1,936 students and 157.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1. There were 300 students (15.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 64 (3.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Founded in the late 19th century, MHS quickly outgrew its original location (torn down in the 1930s) on Orange Road, the site of which is now the field of Hillside School. The current "Main Building" was then opened, and it is one of the older public high schools in New Jersey. It initially was only the "Main Building," as it is colloquially referredto, but as time went on and the enrollment grew, the board of education allowed the high school to annex George Inness Junior High School across the street, which is called "the Annex", "Ninth Grade Academy" or the "Freshman Building", in which many of the ninth grade classes take place.
The school holds classes in two buildings on opposite sides of Park Street. The Main Building of the high school is located on the west side of Park Street, and the George Inness Annex / Ninth Grade Academy / Freshman Building is located on the east side of the street. Traffic is stopped eight times a day for five minutes between periods to allow students to cross the street. Many fences and a crosswalk have been installed for the purpose of restricting the students' routes to a 1½ meter path. Gym classes are sometimes held at Woodman Field of Essex Park, two blocks away, otherwise in the school's four gymnasiums.
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