Williamstown High School (New Jersey)
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| 700 N. Tuckahoe Road Williamstown, NJ 08094 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1958 |
| School district | Monroe Township Public Schools |
| Principal | Jill DelConte |
| Asst. principals | David Babich Ronald Becker (Athletics/Activities) Scott Boring Caroline Yoder |
| Faculty | 124.4 FTEs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,842 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.8:1 |
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Royal Blue and white |
| Athletics conference | Tri-County Conference |
| Team name | Braves |
| Website | WHS website |
Williamstown High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school located in the Williamstown section of Monroe Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Monroe Township Public Schools. The school was established in 1958.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,842 students and 124.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.8:1. There were 462 students (25.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 100 (5.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Construction on the current school building began in 1994 and was completed in 1997. Prior to 1997, Williamstown High School was located in what is currently Williamstown Middle School. The school mascot is a Brave and the school colors are Royal Blue and White.
Construction began again during the 2007-2008 school year on the high school to build an additional two wings because of overcrowding and to build a new auxiliary gym/dance studio. A few renovations in the existing building were also done to replace some old piping, wiring, and the gym and stage floor. The construction was completed between December 2008 and January 2009.
The school was the 257th-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 295th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 270th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 259th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 248th out of 316 public high schools in New Jersey in the magazine's 2006 rankings. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 194th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 29 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 (79.6%) and language arts literacy (91.4%).
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