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Hightstown High School

25 Leshin Lane, Hightstown, NJ, 08520-4006 -

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Definition of Terms

Hightstown High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Mercer County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1427 students

% Male / % Female

53% / 47%

Total Classroom Teachers

105 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 384 students

Grade 10 - 370 students

Grade 11 - 328 students

Grade 12 - 290 students

Grade Not Listed - 55 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	13%	7%
% Hispanic	19%	15%
% Black	13%	17%
% White	55%	61%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

10%

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

East Windsor Regional School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	6	5
Number of Students Managed	4,959 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$72,567,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$104,626,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$14,633	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$21,098	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	84%	81%

HIGHTSTOWN: Boysâ soccer posts 14-4-2 mark (Windsor-Hights Herald)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 09:23:37 am
The Hightstown High School boys’ soccer team wasn’t expected to win 14 games this season. Even so, a 15th or even a 16th win would have been nice.
HIGHTSTOWN: Boysâ cross country advances in Group III (Windsor-Hights Herald)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 09:23:25 am
The Hightstown High School boys’ cross country team placed third at the Central Jersey Group III championships, held this past Saturday at Thompson Park.
HIGHTSOWN: Boys soccer wins state opener (Windsor-Hights Herald)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 09:23:15 am
The Hightstown High School boys’ soccer team opened play in the Central Jersey Group III playoffs with a 3-0 win over Long Branch on Tuesday.
HIGHTSTOWN: Teams shift focus to state playoffs (Windsor-Hights Herald)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 09:23:05 am
The Hightstown High School boys’ soccer team was edged by Hamilton, 2-1, in overtime of the opening round of the Mercer County Tournament this past Saturday.
HIGHTSTOWN: Boysâ soccer squad clinches spot in state playoffs (Windsor-Hights Herald)
posted on November 16, 2009 at 06:59:11 am
The plan was to continue to bring kids into the program, teach them to play a team-oriented style and gradually build Hightstown High boys’ soccer into something very special.

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Hightstown High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from three communities in Mercer County and Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the East Windsor Regional School District. Students come from East Windsor Township and Hightstown Borough, both in Mercer County. Students from Roosevelt Borough (a community of 933 residents in Monmouth County) attend the district's high schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.
The High School building opened during the 1965-66 school year. Additions to the original structure were completed in 1973, 1982 and 2005. The High School is approved by the New Jersey Department of Education and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Hightstown High School offers a wide range of courses. Included are advanced placement, honors, vocational and standard academic courses. The curriculum is broad in scope and flexible to meet general and individual needs. After meeting basic curricular proficiency standards, students may choose from the wide variety of elective courses that will meet their individual interests and needs.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,427 students and 105.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13:5.
The school was the 175th-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 119th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
The Hightstown High School Rams compete in the Colonial Valley Conference, which consists of public and private high schools located in Mercer County, Monmouth County and Middlesex County, New Jersey, under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).
Administration
Core members of the school's administration include:
Alix Arvizu - Principal
Dr. Diana Chase - Assistant Principal
William Delaney - Assistant Principal
Robert Scott - Assistant Principal
Notable alumni
Jim Barlow, two-time high school soccer All-American and current head soccer coach at Princeton University.
Melanie Balcomb, Head Basketball Coach at Vanderbilt University.
Randal Pinkett (born 1971), Rhodes Scholar, the winner of the reality show, The Apprentice 4, attended and graduated from Hightstown High School.
Hilly Kristal (1931-2007), the owner and founder of CBGBs, graduated from Hightstown in 1949.
Marlon LeBlanc, Head Men's Soccer Coach at West Virginia University.
Kenny Ochoa, Boys soccer 2006-2010 at Hightsown High
External links
Hightstown High School
East Windsor Regional School District
Data for the East Windsor Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Hightstown High School Athletic Hall of Fame

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