Carteret High School - Carteret, New Jersey/NJ

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Carteret High School

199 Washington Avenue, Carteret, NJ, 07008-2706 -

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Definition of Terms

Carteret High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Middlesex County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1090 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

78 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 340 students

Grade 10 - 287 students

Grade 11 - 221 students

Grade 12 - 220 students

Grade Not Listed - 22 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:14

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	22%	7%
% Hispanic	33%	15%
% Black	17%	17%
% White	29%	61%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

41%

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

11%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Carteret Boro School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	5	5
Number of Students Managed	3,960 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$49,079,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$47,263,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$12,394	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$11,935	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	94%	81%

Project sends care packages to U.S. troops (Carteret County News-Times)
posted on November 21, 2009 at 12:43:52 pm
CHERYL BURKE BEAUFORT — Doing two tours of duty in Vietnam with the U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Green Berets, as well as serving in Panama and Korea, retired Lt. Col. Samuel Sanford of Morehead City understands what soldiers go through when serving in hostile lands.
St Peter Port douzeniers elected (BBC News)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 09:48:28 am
Five new douzeniers are elected for the parish of St Peter Port after a closed ballot on Wednesday.
East fumbles away playoff tilt in mud bath (Carteret County News-Times)
posted on November 18, 2009 at 06:01:52 pm
EVANS KISTLER BEAUFORT — The East Carteret High School football team saw its dreams of advancing to the second round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) 1AA playoffs for the first time since 2006 end in a nightmarish third quarter during a 34-8 loss to the Gates County High School Red Barons on Friday night.
West cross country teams each place ninth at state meet (Carteret County News-Times)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 04:56:42 pm
FROM A NCHSAA REPORT CLEMMONS — West Carteret High School girls and boys cross country teams have certainly mirrored one another this year.
Parade packs downtown (Carteret County News-Times)
posted on November 9, 2009 at 11:32:10 am
HELEN OUTLAND MOREHEAD CITY — With the streets filled to over-flowing and the air filled with the sounds of marching band, spectators from near and far came downtown Saturday for the County Veterans Council’s 2009 Veterans Day Parade to show their patriotism and honor the country’s veterans.

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Carteret High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Carteret in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Carteret School District.
Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses are offered in AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP United States History, AP Spanish Language and AP English Literature and Composition. The Project Acceleration Program allows students to receive college credit from Seton Hall University and over 200 other colleges and universities. Schedule permitting, students may also earn college credits by attending classes at Middlesex County College.
As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,111 students and 76 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 14.6.
The school was the 272nd-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 269th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Carteret High School also failed the Adequate Yearly Progress as define by the No Child Left Behind Act.
Athletics
The Carteret High School Ramblers compete in the Greater Middlesex Conference, which includes public and private high schools located in the greater Middlesex County area. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.
The 2007 football team won the Central Jersey, Group II state sectional championship with a 20-14 over Rumson-Fair Haven High School in a game played at Rutgers Stadium, The win was Carteret's fourth sectional title, and its first since 1996.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
Lamont Repollet - Principal
Kimberly Hall - Vice Principal
Nicholas Sysock - Vice Principal
Notable alumni
Jim Babjak (born 1957), Dennis Diken and Mike Mesaros formed The Smithereens.
Joseph A. Cafasso (born 1956), former Fox News consultant on military and counterterrorism issues who left the network after allegations surfaced that he misrepresented his military record.
Jim Conti, tenor and alto saxophone player for the ska band Streetlight Manifesto.
External links
Carteret High School
Carteret School District
Data for the Carteret School District, National Center for Education Statistics

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