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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 7 - 12 |
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| County |
Bergen County, NJ |
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| Total Students |
750 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
48% /
52% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
54 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 7 - 133 students | | Grade 8 - 119 students | | Grade 9 - 120 students | | Grade 10 - 120 students | | Grade 11 - 121 students | | Grade 12 - 101 students | | Grade Not Listed - 36 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:14 |
1:13 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
27% |
7% |
| % Hispanic |
5% |
15% |
| % Black |
1% |
17% |
| % White |
67% |
61% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
2% |
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 |
Cresskill Boro School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
3 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
1,605 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$20,906,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$21,238,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$13,026 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$13,232 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
98% |
81% |
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- Cresskill High School is a seven-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in sixth through twelfth grades from Cresskill in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Cresskill Public Schools.
- As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 750 students and 54.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.9. The first graduating class was the Class of 1965. This class was the 'senior' class at CHS beginning with their Sophomore year in the fall of 1962 following the split from Tenafly High School. Starting in the 2008-09 school year, the sixth grade, which was previously part of the elementary school system, became part of the high school.
- Awards and recognition
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The school was ranked 303rd in Newsweek's 2009 ranking of the top 1,500 high schools in the United States and was the sixth-ranked school in New Jersey, with 2.586 AP tests taken in 2008 per graduating senior and 52% of all graduating seniors passing at least one AP exam; The school was ranked 256th nationwide in 2008. In Newsweek's 2007 ranking of the country's top high schools, Cresskill High School was listed in 209th place, the fifth-highest ranked school in New Jersey; the school had been ranked 202nd in the 2006 survey and in 93rd in 2005.
- The school was the 26th-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 15th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state. Cresskill was listed as such for their unnaturally high acceptances from the nation's top colleges, including Georgetown University, Columbia University, and Wesleyan College.
- Athletics
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The Cresskill High School Cougars compete in the Bergen County Scholastic League Olympic Division.
- In 2009, Cresskill won the BCSL Olympic Division for Wrestling.
- In 2008, Cresskill won the BCSL Olympic Division for Wrestling.
- In 2007, Cresskill won the Group I County Meet in track.
- On November 9, 2006, Cresskill played in the finals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) 2006 North I, Group I Girls Soccer Tournament, falling to Kinnelon High School by a score of 5-0.
- The 2007-08 Junior Varsity Basketball team won the BCSL Olympic Division with a league record of 15-0 and a total record of 18-3.
- The 2006-07 Freshman Basketball Team finished the season 16-4 with a 15-1 league record.
- The girls tennis team defeated Verona High School 3-2, to win the 2005 North I, Group I sectional title.
- The 2001 boys tennis team won the North Jersey Group I sectional championship, defeating Waldwick High School 4-1.
- The girls volleyball team won the 2002 Group I championship, sweeping Secaucus High School 15-10, 15-7 in the final match. The 2003 team repeated the title, defeating North Arlington High School in the final.
- The 2003 girls basketball team won the North I, Group I title with a win over previously unbeaten County Prep High School, by a 71-65 score. The 2004 team repeated the feat, winning their third consecutive title by defeating North Warren Regional High School, 74-61, in the tournament final.
- The 2002 boys basketball team defeated Bogota High School by 15 points, to win the finals of the North I, Group I State Finals. They finished 22-5.
- The 2001 boys basketball team defeated Secaucus High School by 61-50, to win the finals of the North I, Group I tournament. They finished with a school best 26-2 record.
- Administration
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Core members of the school administration are:
- Pete Eftychiou - Principal
- Michael Burke- Principal of Junior High School
- External links
- Cresskill High School
- Cresskill Public Schools
- Data for the Cresskill Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
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| About This Zip Code (07626) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
7,746 people |
8,215,963 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
55% |
35% |
| Population Average Age |
41 years old
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36 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.9 persons
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2.6 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$84,692
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$55,509 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
6.8 rooms |
5.6 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
53 years old |
47 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
89% / 11% |
62% / 38% |
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