Wallington Jr./Sr. High School | |
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Location | |
234 Main Avenue Wallington, NJ 07057 |
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Information | |
Type | Public high school |
School district | Wallington Public Schools |
Principal | Michael Fromfield |
Vice principal | Gary Kicinski |
Faculty | 37.1 FTEs |
Grades | 7-12 |
Enrollment | 537 (as of 2014-15) |
Student to teacher ratio | 14.5:1 |
Color(s) |
Royal Blue and white |
Athletics conference | North Jersey Interscholastic Conference |
Team name | Panthers |
Website | School website |
Wallington Jr./Sr. High School is a six-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from Wallington, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Wallington Public Schools.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 537 students and 37.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1. There were 128 students (23.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 43 (8.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school was the 223rd-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 239th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 204th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 200th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 206th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
The Wallington High School Panthers compete in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, comprising private and public high schools located in Bergen County, Passaic County and Hudson County, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. With 257 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North I, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 187 to 490 students in that grade range. Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, the school was a member of the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) in the National Division.