| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Somerset County, NJ |
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| Total Students |
1028 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
50% /
50% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
83 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 310 students | | Grade 10 - 263 students | | Grade 11 - 211 students | | Grade 12 - 235 students | | Grade Not Listed - 9 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:12 |
1:13 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
8% |
7% |
| % Hispanic |
11% |
15% |
| % Black |
10% |
17% |
| % White |
70% |
61% |
| % Unknown |
1 % |
2% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
8% |
16% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
4% |
4% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Somerville Boro School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
3 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
2,191 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$43,359,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$32,998,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$19,790 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$15,061 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
96% |
81% |
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- Somerville High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school of the Somerville Public Schools serving students from Somerville and Branchburg Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Timothy O'Halloran is the school's principal. Other administrative positions are filled by Patricia Bucci (assistant principal), Gerard Foley (head of guidance), and Jeffrey Caulfied (disciplinarian).
- Students from Branchburg Township attend Somerville High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Branchburg Township School District.
- Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses (such as AP United States Government and Politics) and the Senior Options Program at Raritan Valley Community College allow students the opportunity to earn college credits while attending high school. During the 2004-05 school year, students enrolled in thirteen AP courses. The 2005-06 school year offerings include AP Biology, AP Calculus (AB/BC), AP Chemistry, AP English Literature and Composition, AP French Language, AP United States Government and Politics, AP Comparative Government and Politics, AP Music Theory, AP Physics, AP Spanish Language and AP United States History.
- As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,038 students and 81 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.8.
- Awards and Recognition
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The school was the 3rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide for gang fights and drug bust in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 74th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.
- Athletics
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Somerville High School competes in the Skyland Conference, which is made up of public and parochial high schools covering Hunterdon County, Somerset County and Warren County in west central New Jersey. The conference operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).]
- The boys soccer team won the 2006/2007 Central, Group II state sectional championship with a 3-1 win over Raritan High School in the tournament final. In 2007, the boys soccer team repeated as sectional champion with a 2-0 win over Shore Regional High School in the tournament final.
- The girls soccer team defeated Shore Regional High School 3-1 to win the 2006 Central, Group II sectional title.
- The Boys Track team has been the most dominant sport in the school during the past decade. Going into the 2009 spring season, the team has won 68 dual meets in a row. They have been the Central Jersey Group II sectional champions the past eight years, and have won six Group II State Championships in that period.
- SHS Marching Band
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The Somerville High School Pioneer Marching Band finished off their 2007 season performing their theme, The Land of Make Believe at a Competition at Giants Stadium. They scored an overall superior rating of 93.175. The band was led by band director Matthew Krempasky and assisted by Mr. Stephen Lorretti.
- Robotics
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Somerville's robotics team is Team 102, The Dexterous Gearheads. Team102 participates in the Trenton and Long Island FIRST regionals. Recent awards include the Judges award in Trenton (2008) and the Motorola Enginnering Design Award at Long Island (2007). The team has been to Atlanta in 2007 and other years prior.
- Notable alumni
- Raymond Bateman (born 1927), New Jersey Senate president (1970-1972) and Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey (1977).
- Ben Carnevale (1915-2008), basketball coach inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970.
- Paul Robeson (1898-1976), American athlete, bass-baritone, concert singer, and civil rights activist.
- External links
- Somerville High School
- Data for the Somerville Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- Public School Review: Somerville High School
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| About This Zip Code (08876) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
41,956 people |
8,215,963 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
49% |
35% |
| Population Average Age |
36 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 |
$68,213
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$55,509 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
6 rooms |
5.6 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
35 years old |
47 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
71% / 29% |
62% / 38% |
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