| Definition of Terms |
James Caldwell High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Essex County, NJ |
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| Total Students |
845 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
51% /
49% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
65 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 236 students | | Grade 10 - 197 students | | Grade 11 - 200 students | | Grade 12 - 212 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:13 |
1:13 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
5% |
7% |
| % Hispanic |
5% |
15% |
| % Black |
2% |
17% |
| % White |
88% |
61% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
n/a |
16% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
n/a |
4% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Caldwell-west Caldwell School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
6 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
2,638 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$35,965,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$35,677,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$13,633 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$13,524 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
96% |
81% |
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- James Caldwell High School is an American four-year comprehensive public high school in West Caldwell, in Essex County, New Jersey, as part of the Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools. The school is named after American Revolutionary War figure Reverend James Caldwell.
- As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 804 students and 68 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.9.
- Awards and recognition
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The school was the 57th-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 43rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.
- Athletics
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James Caldwell High School's teams, nicknamed the Chiefs and Lady Chiefs respectively, compete in the Super Essex Conference. The school has had past successes in its beloved football and baseball programs, but is a perennial contender in girls volleyball and softball.
- On December 5, 2008, The Caldwell Chiefs Football Team won the State Championship in a 22-7 win over Governor Livingston at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.
- Caldwell's football coach, a Mr. Kenneth Trimmer, has been coaching at James Caldwell for many, many years now. He has received numerous awards from the board of education and towns.
- On October 11, 2006, a 16-year-old football player by the name of James Bliss (Jamie) died during a football practice.The softball team won the 2005 State ChampionshipThe softball team won the 2007 North II, Group II state sectional championship with a 2-1 over West Essex High School.
- Lady Chiefs, Volleyball won a State Championship, a County championship and a Conference championship. They finished 32-1 and second in the state. They broke 2 school records and finished 113th in the nation out of 15,000 teams.
- 2008 Girls Soccer were Group 2 Section 2 Champions2008 Girls Volleyball were Group 1 Champions
- Controversy
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Support has been mounting in the two towns in recent years to change a number of customs associated with the school's team nicknames or to get rid of the Chiefs nickname altogether. This appears as being concurrent with a similar trend in the NCAA of removing Native American nicknames from college sports teams.
- Extracurricular activities
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In September 2005, six student editors and reporters of the high school's newspaper, The Caldron, reached a settlement with the Caldwell-West Caldwell School District, through the ACLU, forbidding most censorship by the high school principal and allowing an article about sexual mores to be published.
- Trivia
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Scenes from the film Welcome to the Dollhouse were filmed in James Caldwell High School, including the hallways, bathroom, cafeteria and principal's office.
- Administration
- Dr. Kevin Barnes - Principal
- James Brown - Vice Principal
- Claudia Dargento - Supervisor of Secondary Education
- Richard Porfido - Director of Athletics
- Maryanne Melnyk - Supervisor of Guidance
- Scott Chamberlain - Supervisor of Music
- Dr. Kevin Barnes - PrincipalMr. James Brown - Vice PrincipalMs. Claudia Dargento - Supervisor of Students and Academic AffairsMr. Richard Porfido - Director of AthleticsMrs. Maryanne Melnyk - Supervisor of GuidanceMr. Scott Chamberlain - Supervisor of Music
- External links
- James Caldwell High School
- Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools
- Data for the Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- James Caldwell High School Class of 1966
- James Caldwell High School Class of 1986
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (07006) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
26,192 people |
8,215,963 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
54% |
35% |
| Population Average Age |
39 years old
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36 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.6 persons
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2.6 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$82,196
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$55,509 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
6.8 rooms |
5.6 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
51 years old |
47 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
76% / 24% |
62% / 38% |
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