Neptune High School

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Neptune High School
Address
Neptune High School
Neptune High School
Neptune High School
55 Neptune Boulevard
Neptune Township, NJ 07753
Information
School type Public high school
Motto School of Excellence and No Excuses
School district Neptune Township Schools
Superintendent Dr. Tami Crader
Principal Richard W. Allen
Vice principals Dr. Titania M. Hawkins
James H. Whitson, Jr.
Faculty 99.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,387[1] (as of 2013-14)
Student to teacher ratio 14.0:1[1]
Color(s)      Red
     Black[2]
Athletics conference Shore Conference
Mascot King Neptune
Team name Scarlet Fliers[2]
Rivals Asbury Park High School Long Branch High School Lakewood High School
Newspaper The Blazer
Yearbook Trident
Website School website

Neptune High School is a comprehensive four-year community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Neptune Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Neptune Township Schools. Neptune Township Schools is one of New Jersey's 31 former Abbott districts.[3] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1929.[4]

History

In 1897, the site in Ocean Grove was leased to the school district for the purpose of creating Neptune High School. Completed in 1898, the then school had won an award at the 1906 World's Fair for its architectural splendor.[5] The school opened in 1897, with Lida Doren serving as the state's first female principal and superintendent. The building was used until September 1960, when it was replaced by the district's existing high school building.[6] The building had been used as a school up until the 1980s, after which the state of the building was allowed to decline. In 2004, the original building was repurposed as the Jersey Shore Arts Center.[5]

Student body

As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,387 students and 99.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1. There were 561 students (40.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 114 (8.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1] The student body was 56.5% Black, 24.5% White, 14.0% Hispanic and 1.2% Asian / Pacific Islander.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 292nd-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.[7] The school had been ranked 283rd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after also being ranked 283rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[8] The magazine ranked the school 268th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[9] The school was ranked 221st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[10]

Athletics

The Neptune High School Scarlet Fliers[2] compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore.[11] All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[12] With 986 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as Central Jersey, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 776 to 1,073 students in that grade range.[13]

The boys soccer team won the Group IV state championship in 1980, defeating Columbia High School in the tournament final by the score of 3-1.[14]

The boys basketball team won the Group IV title in 1981 with a win against Malcolm X Shabazz High School, won the Group III title in 2002 vs. Weequahic High School and in 2009 against Teaneck, and won the Group II title in 1949 with a win over Millburn High School. The girls basketball team won the Group IV state championships in 1984 against Plainfield High School, in 2010 vs. Pascack Valley High School and in 2011 defeated Teaneck High School.[15] The girls basketball team won the 2011 state championship, topping St. John Vianney High School by a score of 67-48 in the finals of the Tournament of Champions in a game played at the Izod Center, earning the first ToC championship for the school and for any school in the Shore Conference.[16]

The basketball team won the 2001 Central Jersey Group III sectional championship with a 56-52 win against Middletown High School South.[17]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[18][19]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 School Data for Neptune High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 2, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Neptune High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ Abbott School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ Neptune High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 30, 2012. Accessed March 27, 2015.
  5. 1 2 DeMasters, Karen. "A Derelict School Gets New Life With the Arts", The New York Times, January 2, 2000. Accessed May 24, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Staff. History of King Neptune and the Scarlet Fliers, Neptune High School, October 25, 2003, last revised June 4, 2012. Accessed April 24, 2015. "Joe M. Vetrano '36 – Earned eight varsity letters and was an All-State selection in football for the Scarlet Fliers. Went on to garner All-American status at Mississippi Southern. Was an original member of the San Francisco 49ers and played halfback from 1946 to 1949."
  7. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  8. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 2, 2012.
  9. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed May 27, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  11. ↑ School Info, Shore Conference. Accessed March 9, 2008.
  12. ↑ League Memberships – 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 30, 2016.
  13. ↑ 2014-2015 Public Schools Group Classification: ShopRite Cup–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for Central Jersey, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of July 8, 2014. Accessed September 12, 2014.
  14. ↑ NJSIAA 2015 Soccer Championship Program, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed February 5, 2016.
  15. ↑ NJSIAA Group Basketball Past Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 2, 2015.
  16. ↑ Lerner, Gregg. "Girls Basketball - 2009-10 NJSIAA Tournament - Tournament of Champions - Round 3 - Game 1 - Girls Basketball", The Star-Ledger, March 23, 2010. Accessed July 14, 2011. "Sparked by its playmaker performing at a feverish rate, Neptune, No. 2 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, pulled away in the fourth quarter to secure a 67-48 victory over third-seeded and defending champion St. John Vianney, ranked No. 5, last night in the NJSIAA/Meadowlands Sports Complex Tournament of Champions final before 2,817 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford. Neptune (30-1) claimed its first T of C crown and became the first public school from the mighty Shore Conference to win the prestigious event."
  17. ↑ Public Sectionals - Central Jersey Group III 2001, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 31, 2007.
  18. ↑ Administrative & Support Staff, Neptune High School. Accessed May 30, 2016.
  19. ↑ School Information, Neptune High School. Accessed May 30, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Armstrong Disarms Mets", The Record (Bergen County), May 4, 1990. "OK, let's get the obvious out of the way. Born in Englewood and a star at Neptune High School who went on to pitch at Rider College and the University of Oklahoma, 6-foot-5, 220-pound Cincinnati right-hander Jack Armstrong fulfills the qualifications for the obvious nickname, 'All-American Boy,' like the fictional character of the same name."
  21. ↑ Lewis, Evelyn Stryker. "Neptune and Shark River Hills", p. 88. Arcadia Publishing, 1998. ISBN 0-7385-5699-8. Accessed May 27, 2011.
  22. ↑ Walsh, David. "Curry ready for 1st series win", The Herald-Dispatch, September 6, 2010. Accessed December 25, 2011. "Recruited to Marshall by former head coach Mark Snyder, Curry got in 12 preseason practices before the NCAA declared him ineligible. Curry was an academic non-qualifier. He had an outstanding career at Neptune (N.J) High School and Harmony Community School in Cincinnati."
  23. ↑ Bob Davis, database Football. Accessed December 15, 2007.
  24. ↑ Pelzman, J.P. "Feeling the pain of troubled lives", The Record (Bergen County), April 2, 2005. Accessed August 29, 2012. "Dean's college career hasn't been easy, either, although his various injuries and maladies pale in comparison to what he's already been through. The former Neptune High School standout was hampered by a sports hernia last season, when he averaged 10.8 points."
  25. ↑ "Pirate Time Machine No. 41 (2009)". bonesville.net. 2009. Archived from the original on May 9, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Jake Jones '71", Assumption College. Accessed September 11, 2014.
  27. ↑ Cory Nelms, Profootballarchives.com. Accessed October 2, 2014.
  28. ↑ via Associated Press. "Haydn Proctor, Former N.J. Supreme Court Justice, 93", The Press of Atlantic City, October 4, 1996. Accessed June 4, 2011. "Proctor was born in Asbury Park grew up in Ocean Grove and graduated from Neptune High School in 1922."
  29. ↑ Jandoli, Ron. "The Century's Best -- Boys Soccer: Top 10 Players of each decade", The Star-Ledger, November 7, 1999, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 10, 2003. Accessed September 11, 2008.
  30. ↑ Nate Ramsey profile, database Football. Accessed June 19, 2007.
  31. ↑ Summer Newsletter, Bradley Beach Public Library, Summer 2003. Accessed September 24, 2007. "Ike graduated from Neptune High School and then, in 1915, graduated from the Naval Academy."
  32. ↑ Kaz, Ed. "IT'S HIS PARTY, AND HE'LL SING THE BLUES IF HE WANTS TO", Asbury Park Press, December 29, 2000, copy of article on AsburyJukes.net. Accessed August 26, 2008. "JERSEY ALIVE: And where did you guys go to high school? SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: Neptune High School. The Scarlet Flyers, man."

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