| 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 |
Monmouth County, NJ |
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| Total Students |
1151 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
53% /
47% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
79 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 327 students | | Grade 10 - 266 students | | Grade 11 - 290 students | | Grade 12 - 264 students | | Grade Not Listed - 4 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:15 |
1:13 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
3% |
7% |
| % Hispanic |
3% |
15% |
| % Black |
4% |
17% |
| % White |
90% |
61% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
1% |
16% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
1% |
4% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Upper Freehold Regional School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
2 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
2,264 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$33,891,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$29,969,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$14,970 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$13,237 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
99% |
81% |
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For the high school in Allentown, Pennsylvania known as Allentown High School from 1858-1960, see William Allen High School.
Allentown High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from three communities in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Upper Freehold Regional School District. The school serves students from Allentown Borough and Upper Freehold Township. Millstone Township sends students to the High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship.
- As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,151 students and 79.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 14.6.
- The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at Allentown High School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program. Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.
- The school was the 90th-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 also ranked 103rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
- Athletics
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The Allentown High School Redbirds 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).
- The 2004 field hockey won the Central, Group II sectional championship, edging Shore Regional High School 3-2 in the tournament final. The 2004 team repeated the championship, defeating Cinnaminson High School 2-0.
- In 2006, the girls softball won the Central, Group II sectional championship over John F. Kennedy Memorial High School, by a 3-0 final score. The team moved on to win the NJSIAA Group II state championship, topping Pascack Valley High School 11-1.
- The 2003 girls tennis team won the Central, Group II title with a 3-2 win over Shore Regional High School.
- The 2008 varsity baseball team won the NJSIAA group II state championship against Mahwah on June 7.
- Student Life
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The classes feature block scheduling. It has four lunch periods and a school book store in the storage room of the cafeteria.
- Extracurricular activities
- Marching Band
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The Allentown High School marching band has received recognition over the years, including winners of the 2000, 2003, and 2008 USSBA marching band All-State Finals competitions. The band has gone on to winning many other awards and appearances, such as the St. Patrick's Day Parade on New York City's Fifth Avenue. The band enjoyed back-to-back victories in New York in 1990 and 1991, then five in a row from 1999-2003. Meanwhile, the band repeated their performance in Philadelphia's parade, winning in 1990-1993, 1999-2000, and 2005-2006.
- FIRST Robotics Team
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Allentown High School is home to FIRST Robotics Team #1807, Redbird Robotics. Though one of the school's newer competitive activities, the team has received much support from the surrounding community and multiple awards. Since its rookie year in 2006, Redbird Robotics has accepted such honors as the 2006 New Jersey Regional Rookie All-Star Award, the 2007 New York City Regional Motorola Quality Award, and the 2009 New York City Regional Underwriters Laboratory Safety Award and Regional Champion. The team also qualified for and attended the 2006 and 2009 FIRST Robotics Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. Redbird Robotics is sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb, NASA, TAH Enterprises, Blank Sheet Inc, Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education, Laser Xpressions www.laserxpressions.com and the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics.
- Administration
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Core members of the school's administration are:
- Dr. Christopher J. Nagy - Principal
- Constance DeNicola Embley - Vice Principal
- Brian Myslinski - Vice Principal
- External links
- Allentown High School
- Upper Freehold Regional School District
- Data for the Upper Freehold Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (08501) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
4,908 people |
8,215,963 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
42% |
35% |
| Population Average Age |
38 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 |
$72,295
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$55,509 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
7 rooms |
5.6 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
41 years old |
47 years old |
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84% / 16% |
62% / 38% |
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