Raritan High School - Hazlet, New Jersey/NJ

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Raritan High School

419 Middle Road, Hazlet, NJ, 07730-2498 -

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Definition of Terms

Raritan High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Monmouth County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1039 students

% Male / % Female

48% / 52%

Total Classroom Teachers

77 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 280 students

Grade 10 - 281 students

Grade 11 - 227 students

Grade 12 - 241 students

Grade Not Listed - 10 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:13

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	4%	7%
% Hispanic	7%	15%
% Black	1%	17%
% White	88%	61%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

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

Hazlet Township School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	8	5
Number of Students Managed	3,373 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$44,875,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$44,799,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$13,304	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$13,282	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	98%	81%

Raritan falls to Delran in penalty kicks (Asbury Park Press)
posted on November 14, 2009 at 05:39:20 am
HAZLET — In the game of soccer, the better team doesn't always win.
Firefighters, community raise $9,000 to benefit hospitals (Asbury Park Press)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 01:15:26 am
HAZLET — Officials of two area hospitals, a hospital in Tennessee and a fire department in South America are grateful for the generousity of volunteers here.
AROUND TOWN (Asbury Park Press)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 11:22:52 pm
HAZLET: The Monmouth County Health Department will hold a clinic to vaccinate pregnant women and children against the H1N1 influenza virus from noon to 4 p.m. today at Raritan High School, 419 Middle Road in Hazlet.
Holocaust memory is passed down to teens in Hazlet (Asbury Park Press)
posted on October 27, 2009 at 01:32:56 am
HAZLET — The cast of Raritan High School's fall play, "The Diary of Anne Frank," has a resource not often available to students undertaking the work: a living piece of history from that time.
Hazlet to hold Vision 2030 planning meeting (Asbury Park Press)
posted on October 19, 2009 at 02:52:36 am
HAZLET — The public is invited to an interactive workshop for the future of Hazlet from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, Oct. 17, in the cafeteria at Raritan High School on Middle Road.

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Raritan High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving Hazlet Township, New Jersey, as part of the Hazlet Township Public Schools. The district's first and only High School, named after the former community name, Raritan Township, was opened in September 1962 with an enrollment of 778 students. After increasing to over 2,300 students in 1979, the population has in recent years leveled to the current 1060 students, including a senior class of 270 in the 2007-08 school year.
As of the 2007-08 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,060 students and 74.5 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 14.1.
The school was the 164th-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 153rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Raritan High School is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The school offers to the students of Hazlet, a comprehensive program of education ranging from an academically oriented, college preparatory curriculum to courses in the vocational and career oriented field.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
Wayne Ramsey - Principal
Paul Zicker - Assistant Principal
John Verderosa - Assistant Principal
Guidance Department
Raritan High School's 1,060 students are served by four guidance counselors and one student assistance counselor (SAC):
Maureen Muldoon - (Surnames A-D) [1] Guidance Department, Raritan High School
Anne Deutch - (Surnames E-K)
Barbara Petriello - (Surnames L-Q)
Elizabeth Roccanova - (Surnames R-Z)
Mary Sutton - Student Assistance Counselor (SAC)
Athletics
The Raritan High School Rockets compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore. School Info, Shore Conference. Accessed March 9, 2008. 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 schools wrestling team won the 2006 Shore Conference Class A Central title. Raritan could compete with Shore's elite teams, Holmdel Independent, December 13, 2006. With a 19-4 record, the team reached the finals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey
The girls' track and field team won the 2007 Shore Conference A-Central Division title. They beat Red Bank Catholic High School's girls' track and field team for the first time in the school's 45-year history in 2007.
External links
Raritan High School - Official Website
RHS School Review
Hazlet Township Public Schools
Data for the Hazlet Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics

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