Woodbridge High School (New Jersey)

Woodbridge High School
Location
Woodbridge High School
Woodbridge High School
Woodbridge High School
1 Samuel Lupo Place
Woodbridge, NJ 07095
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1956
School district Woodbridge Township School District
Principal Glenn Lottmann
Vice principals Matthew Connelly
Christopher Chiera
Faculty 133.8 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,454[1] (as of 2013-14)
Student to teacher ratio 10.9:1[1]
Color(s)      Red and
     Black[2]
Athletics conference Greater Middlesex Conference
Team name Barrons[2]
Newspaper Barron Perspective
Yearbook Baronet
Website School website

Woodbridge High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Woodbridge Township School District. The high school is one of three in the district, together with Colonia High School and John F. Kennedy Memorial High School. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.[3]

As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,454 students and 133.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1. There were 488 students (33.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 159 (10.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 159th-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.[4] The school had been ranked 170th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 229th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school 231st in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 222nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[7] Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 40th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 14 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (93.8%) and language arts literacy (97.3%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[8]

History

The current Woodbridge High School was occupied in 1956 and built adjacent to the then new modern football stadium. The old stadium (Legion Field) was vacated to make way for the southbound lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike. Prior to 1957, the high school was located on Barron and Grove Avenue, which is the current site of the Woodbridge Middle School. It operated on split sessions for many years: Freshmen and Sophomores attended school in the afternoon; Juniors and Seniors in the morning. The last graduating class of the Barron Avenue "Woodbridge High School" was 1956.

Athletics

The Woodbridge High School Barrons[2] compete in the Greater Middlesex Conference, which includes public and private high schools in the greater Middlesex County area and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[9] With 1,087 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as North II, Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,087 to 3,896 students in that grade range.[10]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[18]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School Data for Woodbridge High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Woodbridge High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ Woodbridge High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools, backed up the Internet Archive as of March 15, 2012. Accessed March 31, 2015.
  4. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  5. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 7, 2012.
  6. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed April 18, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  8. ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 26, 2012.
  9. ↑ League Memberships – 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 5, 2016.
  10. ↑ 2014-2015 Public Schools Group Classification: ShopRite Cup–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for North II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of July 8, 2014. Accessed November 25, 2014.
  11. ↑ Staff. "Englewood Wins Title", The New York Times, March 23, 1975. Accessed July 17, 2011. "Woodbridge High won the Group 4 championship, defeating Paterson Eastside, 73-58. Mark DiDonna, a 6-foot-2-inch forward scored 27 points for Woodbridge, which was making its first appearance in the state tournament finals. Woodbridge finished the season with a 29-2 record."
  12. ↑ Staff. "S. Jersey Scoreboard", Philadelphia Inquirer, March 16, 2011. Accessed July 17, 2011.
  13. ↑ History of NJSIAA Boys' Bowling Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2015.
  14. ↑ History of NJSIAA Girls' Bowling Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2015.
  15. ↑ Championship seasons, Woodbridge High School Football. Accessed July 17, 2011.
  16. ↑ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 19, 2015.
  17. ↑ History of the NJSIAA Softball Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  18. ↑ Biographies, Woodbridge High School. Accessed December 1, 2015.
  19. ↑ Erik Christensen profile, database Football. Accessed June 13, 2007.
  20. ↑ Lou Creekmur, database Football. Accessed November 28, 2007.
  21. ↑ Kuperinsky, Amy. "Miss USA 2013: Libell Duran brings her winning ways to Las Vegas", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 11, 2013. Accessed December 1, 2015. "Filled with other crowns, trophies and sashes — including one from Duran's reign as Woodbridge High School prom queen — the case is almost the only indication a pageant contender lives in the house."
  22. ↑ INTERVIEW WITH JACK H. JACOBS, Rutgers University, November 20, 2000. Accessed July 11, 2008. "JJ: ... Anyway, we moved to New Jersey in the mid-'50s, and my parents still live in the same house in Woodbridge. I went to Woodbridge High School, and then, from there, I went to Rutgers."
  23. ↑ Kyle Johnson player profile, National Football League Players Association. Accessed July 29, 2007. "Hometown: Woodbridge, N.J....Johnson earned second-team all-state recognition and was named all-county and all-area as a senior at Woodbridge High School in Woodbridge, N.J., after rushing for 1,235 yards.
  24. ↑ via Associated Press. "Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora honored in N.J.", USA Today, November 24, 2009. Accessed April 18, 2011. "Sambora also financed the new weight room at his alma mater, Woodbridge High School. It's being named in honor of Sambora's father, Adam, who died of cancer in 2007. The street leading to the school is now Richie Sambora Way."

Coordinates: 40°33′59″N 74°17′05″W / 40.566448°N 74.284695°W / 40.566448; -74.284695

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