High Point Regional High School

High Point Regional High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school and school district, which educates students in ninth through twelfth grades from municipalities in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States, specifically the constituent districts of Branchville Borough, Frankford Township, Lafayette Township, Sussex Borough and Wantage Township, with students from Montague Township attending as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[4][5][6] The high school was established in 1963 and is located in Wantage Township. The school is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.

High Point Regional High School
Address
299 Pidgeon Hill Road
Sussex
, Sussex County, New Jersey, 07461
United States
Coordinates41.196874°N 74.647871°W / 41.196874; -74.647871
District information
Grades9-12
SuperintendentDr. Scott D. Ripley
Business administratorJames Minkewicz
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.hpregional.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		9-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$25,67942$18,89135.9%
1Budgetary Cost19,6844615,59226.2%
2Classroom Instruction11,195478,80727.1%
6Support Services2,608332,29413.7%
8Administrative Cost1,968441,59223.6%
10Operations & Maintenance2,502461,95428.0%
13Extracurricular Activities1,1424187330.8%
16Median Teacher Salary83,0244371,726
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[1]
*Of 9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47
High Point Regional High School
Location
Information
TypeRegional public high school
EstablishedSeptember 1966
NCES School ID3407140[2]
PrincipalJon Tallamy
Vice principalsErik Carlson
Amy Librizzi
Faculty81.9 FTEs[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment893 (as of 2018–19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio10.9:1[2]
Color(s)  Scarlet and
  silver[3]
Athletics conferenceNorthwest Jersey Athletic Conference
Team nameWildcats[3]
YearbookObelisk

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 893 students and 81.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1. There were 112 students (12.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 40 (4.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[7]

Starting in September 2014, high school students from Montague Township began attending High Point Regional High School, as part of a sending/receiving relationship under which incoming ninth graders will attend the High Point district while existing students attended high school in Port Jervis, New York until they graduate.[8]

History

Created in 1963 as a district, the school opened in September 1966.[9] Students from Branchville, Frankford and Lafayette had attended Newton High School as part of sending/receiving relationships, while those from Sussex and Wantage had attended Sussex High School.[10][11]

Awards, recognition and rankings

For the 1997-98 school year, High Point Regional High School received the National Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[12]

The school was the 142nd-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.[13] The school had been ranked 88th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 125th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[14] The magazine ranked the school 157th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[15] The school was ranked 151st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[16] The school was recently ranked first of 53 schools in the state in the "DE" District Factor Group by The Star-Ledger and second in the DFG by New Jersey Monthly magazine.

Schooldigger.com ranked the school 124th out of 389 public high schools statewide in its 2012 rankings (an increase of 7 positions from the 2011 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (88.6%) and language arts literacy (95.2%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[17]

From the New Jersey Department of Education's "Violence, Vandalism, and Substance Abuse in the Schools" report for 2012-2013, Patch released a list of the "9 Most Violent School Districts in New Jersey", with High Point Regional High School ranking number 5, preceded by Camden County Vocational School.[18] These numbers brought much surprise to both students and parents in the district, considering the school's strong efforts to combat bullying with the "Students Against Being Bullied" organization founded by one of High Point's own students.

Curriculum and achievement

The graduating class of 2011 had SAT scores on par with state and national averages, including an average SAT Critical Reading score of 498 (compared to state and national averages of 495 and 501, respectively), an average Math score of 520 (compared to state and national averages of 514 and 516, respectively), and an average Writing score of 500 (compared to state and national averages of 497 and 492, respectively).[19]

In the 2013-14 school year, High Point Regional High School ranked sixth in Sussex County out of nine other public high schools in SAT scores.[20]

High Point Regional High School offers classes including music, theater, media, technology, art, graphic design, web design, computer applications, retail marketing, sales, engineering, and architecture.[21]

Athletics

The High Point Wildcats[3] compete in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference a high school athletic conference that includes schools in Sussex County, Morris County and Warren County, which operates under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA), the statewide organization for high school sports.[22][23] With 673 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range.[24] Until the NJSIAA's 2009 realignment, the school had participated in the Sussex County Interscholastic League, which was made up of public and private high schools located in Sussex County and northern Morris County.[25] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II North for football for 2018–2020.[26]

The school participates as the host school / lead agency for joint ice hockey, boys lacrosse and boys / girls swimming teams with Wallkill Valley Regional High School. These co-op programs operate under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.[27][28]

The wrestling team won the North I Group III state sectional championship in 1986-1997, 2001-2003, 2005–2008, 2010 and 2011, and the North II Group II title in 2012-2014 and 2017-2020. The team won the Group III state title in 2008 and 2011, and the Group II title in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2020.[29] The wrestling team won the Group III state wrestling championship in 2008 against Sayreville War Memorial High School, marking the school's second team state championship overall in all sports and its first ever in wrestling.[30] They had won the SCIL League numerous times, including the last year of its existence in 2009. In 2009, the wrestling team was ruled ineligible to participate in the NJSIAA state tournament, as 65% of its matches had been against teams from New Jersey schools, less than the required 70% threshold.[31] High Point captured its first back-to-back Group II championship wins in 2013 and 2014. High Point found themselves down 21-6 after seven bouts in 2013 against Long Branch High School and won the title with a four-bout pinning spree before holding on to win by a 33-30 margin.[32] The 2014 team defeated Hanover Park High School with four consecutive pins to win the Group II title, after trailing 33-10 with four bouts left in the match.[33]

The field hockey team won the North I Group III state sectional title in 1988, 1996, 1997, 2000 and 2002; the team won the Group III state championship in 1988, defeating Red Bank Regional High School in the championship game.[34] The team won the North I Group III sectional title in 2002 with a 4-0 shutout against West Morris Central High School in the tournament final.[35]

The softball team won the Group III state championship in 2012 (defeating runner-up Kingsway Regional High School in the finals) and in Group II in 2014 (vs. Robbinsville High School)[36] In 2012, the softball team defeated Kingsway Regional High School to win the Group III state championship by a score of 1-0 in 11 innings.[37] The 2014 team finished with a record of 28-2 after winning the Group II title with a 2-1 win against Robbinsville in the championship game.[38]

Arts

High Point offers a variety of different classes that are involved in the arts, including but not limited to: Choral, Concert Choir, Concert Band, Piano Lab, and Theatre. Each class offers different levels, depending on how many years the student has been enrolled in that particular class. These classes present their findings of the course through concerts, which are open to the public twice a year, once in the Winter and again in the Spring. This department also offers extra curricular activities such as: Chambers Choir, Fall Dramas, Spring Musicals, and Marching Band. The Marching Band as well as the Chambers Choir has been known to compete in several different competitions.

Notable alumni

Administration

The superintendent is Scott D. Ripley. The business administrator / board secretary is James Minkewicz. The principal is Jon Tallamy.[42][43]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district.[44][45] Seats on the board are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with four seats assigned to Wantage Township, two to Frankford Township, and one each to Branchville, Lafayette Township and Sussex.[46]

References
  1. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  2. School data for High Point Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  3. High Point Regional High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  4. High Point Regional Board of Education Bylaw 0110 - Name and Classification, High Point Regional High School. Accessed March 31, 2020. "Composition -The High Point Regional High School District shall comprise all the area within the municipal boundaries of Branchville, Frankford, Lafayette, Sussex and Wantage for the purpose of providing a program of education in grades 9 through 12."
  5. High Point Regional High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 4, 2017. "High Point Regional High School is a comprehensive high school serving the diversified needs of the five surrounding municipalities of Branchville, Frankford, Lafayette, Sussex and Wantage. In addition, we are in a send/receive relationship with the Montague school district."
  6. 2016-17 School Profile, High Point Regional High School. Accessed November 3, 2017. "Located 63 miles northwest of Manhattan in bucolic Sussex, County NJ, High Point serves students from six municipalities: Branchville, Lafayette, Frankford, Montague, Sussex, and Wantage."
  7. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 19, 2014.
  8. Montague Township School District 2016 District Narrative, New Jersey School Report Card. Accessed December 4, 2017. "Montague Township is located in the Delaware Highlands Region of New Jersey. High Point State Park and Stokes State Forest provide the scenery to this rural Sussex County community. Montague Township School District is a Pre-K through grade 8 school in Sussex County. Montague students attend High Point Regional High School for grades 9 through 12."
  9. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2013, High Point Regional High School District. Accessed December 4, 2017. "The District is governed by a nine member Board of Education which was formed in December 1963; members are elected to serve three year terms. The school building opened for students in grades 9-12 in September 1966. High Point Regional High School has completed two building additions in 1975 and 1991."
  10. Wright, Kevin M. Newton Public Schools, Newton, NJ. Accessed December 4, 2017. "At that time, thirteen school districts sent students to Newton High School while two districts sent elementary school children here. Frankford, Lafayette and Branchville students departed Newton High School in 1964 when the High Point Regional district was formed. Kittatinny Regional District subtracted students from Hampton, Stillwater, Fredon, Sandyston and Walpack Townships in September 1975."
  11. Carlson, Joe. "High Point High School celebrates 50 years", New Jersey Herald, October 2, 2006. Accessed December 4, 2017. "The school opened in 1966 with students from Sussex and Wantage, Lafayette, Frankford and Branchville. Prior to High Point's opening, Sussex and Wantage students attended Sussex High School. Frankford, Lafayette and Branchville students attended Newton High School."
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  31. Staff. "High Point's loss could be Montville's gain", Daily Record (Morristown), February 10, 2009. Accessed April 4, 2012. "High Point, the reigning state Group III champion, has been disqualified from this week's sectional team tournament because it violated the NJSIAA's '70 percent rule,' where each team must wrestle at least 70 percent of its matches against New Jersey competition in order to be able to participate."
  32. Condit, Nick. "Wrestling: High Point overcomes early deficit to win Group 2 title", The Star-Ledger, February 17, 2013. "High Point's Jason Gaccione lost the last bout of the NJSIAA Group 2 state championship against Long Branch on Sunday, but still had a bigger smile on his face than anyone else at Pine Belt Arena in Toms River afterward. Gaccione did not get pinned in the final match at 145 pounds and successfully protected his team's six-point lead, which was built on the strength of four late pins that propelled High Point to a 33-30 victory, and its third state title."
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