Asbury Park High School - Asbury Park, New Jersey/NJ

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Asbury Park High School

1003 Sunset Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712-5099 -

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Definition of Terms

Asbury Park High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Monmouth County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

601 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

62 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 167 students

Grade 10 - 141 students

Grade 11 - 152 students

Grade 12 - 111 students

Grade Not Listed - 30 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:10

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	n/a	7%
% Hispanic	15%	15%
% Black	83%	17%
% White	2%	61%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

71%

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Asbury Park City School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	5	5
Number of Students Managed	2,677 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$79,977,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$77,235,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$29,876	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$28,851	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	72%	81%

Asbury Park board considers extending uniform policy to high school (Asbury Park Press)
posted on October 29, 2009 at 02:48:09 am
ASBURY PARK — Coming almost as a response to the popularity of school uniforms in the lower grades, Asbury Park High School students could be stepping into their own designated shirts, pants and shoes in about three months, city school board president Barbara Lesinski said Wednesday.
Big plays enable Bishops to roll (Asbury Park Press)
posted on October 18, 2009 at 03:36:53 am
ASBURY PARK — Asbury Park has the ability to make a big play on either side of the ball whenever it is snapped.
Asbury Park teen charged with driving drunk, without license in Colts Neck (Asbury Park Press)
posted on October 14, 2009 at 10:55:00 pm
COLTS NECK — Police charged a 16-year-old Asbury Park High School student with driving while intoxicated and without a license on Route 34 this weekend, authorities said.
Asbury Park teacher brings students' art out of classroom, into world (Asbury Park Press)
posted on October 5, 2009 at 12:59:27 am
ASBURY PARK — Up on the fourth floor, beside the student cafeteria, there's a roomy, light-filled, old-fashioned art room with a stage — probably the place to go if you're looking for Jean Johnson.
TV show host Wendy Williams comes home to Asbury Park (Asbury Park Press)
posted on October 1, 2009 at 02:10:51 am
ASBURY PARK — New York television talk show host Wendy Williams came to her childhood home Wednesday, bringing Asbury Park Middle School students a large collection of school supplies and encouraging them to follow their dreams and go to college.

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Asbury Park High School is a comprehensive, four-year community public high school headquartered in a landmark building in Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States, constructed during the New Deal as a model high school campus. Part of the Asbury Park Public Schools, an Abbott District, the system serves children in prekindergarten through twelfth grade.
Students from Allenhurst and Interlaken attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship. Students from Deal attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship. Students from Belmar attend either Asbury Park High School or Manasquan High School.
As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 513 students and 62 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 8.4.
The school was the 281st-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 296th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
Asbury Park High School competes in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore. 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).
The 2007 football team won the Central Jersey, Group I state sectional championship with a 32-18 win over Keansburg High School in a game played at Rutgers Stadium, finishing the season with an 11-1 record and earning its first state title since 1984.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
Tyler Blackmore, Principal
Gavin McGrath, Vice Principal
Mark Gerbino, Vice Principal
Kelly Gayle, Vice Principal
Notable alumni
Frank Budd (born 1939), world class sprinter, and later wide receiver in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins.
James J. Howard (1927-1988), represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1965–1988.
Phil Villapiano (born 1949), former NFL linebacker who played in four Pro Bowls and was a part of the Oakland Raiders Super Bowl XI winning team. (Villapiano was at APHS only through his sophomore year. He began attending Ocean Township High School when it opened in 1965 and graduated in 1967.)
External links
Asbury Park High School
Asbury Park Public Schools
Data for the Asbury Park Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
DigitalSports Asbury Park Homepage

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