Henry Hudson Regional High School is a comprehensive regional

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for students in 7th through

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from both Atlantic Highlands and

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in Monmouth County, in the

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.About Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson Regional High School. Accessed April 3, 2020. "This school district serves the towns of Atlantic Highlands and Highlands and students in grades seven through twelve." The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools.Henry Hudson High School
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed February 3, 2022. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 301 students and 38.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.8:1. There were 42 students (14.0% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 14 (4.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Henry Hudson Regional School
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022. The New Jersey Department of Education classifies the district in

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"DE", the fifth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by socioeconomic characteristics. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.

History

Constructed at a cost of $1.3 million (equivalent to $ million in ), the school opened on September 10, 1962, with a dedication ceremony conducted on November 5 of that year. The school opened with 630 students in grades 7-12, replacing the former

Atlantic Highlands High School Atlantic Highlands High School was a comprehensive public high school and school district for students in seventh through twelfth grades from both Atlantic Highlands and Highlands in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part ...

. The district's first superintendent was Henry Schiable, who served in the position until 1969.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 147th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in '' New Jersey Monthly'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 101st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 121st in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 176th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 159th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 190th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 1 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the two components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), mathematics (80.0%) and language arts literacy (91.6%).

Athletics

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New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in Division B Central of the Shore Conference, an athletic conference comprised of public and private high schools in Monmouth and Ocean counties along the Jersey Shore.Shore Conference Realignment for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020
Shore Conference. Accessed November 15, 2020. The conference operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 150 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 students in that grade range. The school's co-op team with

Keyport High School Keyport High School is a four-year public high school in Keyport, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, operated as the lone secondary school of the Keyport Public Schools. Students ...

was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I South for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 200 to 463 students. The school participates as the host school / lead agency for joint cooperative cross country running, boys / girls tennis and winter track teams with

, while Keyport is the host school for girls soccer, boys / girls volleyball and wrestling teams. These co-op programs operate under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. The softball team made it to the Group I state championship game in 2015, losing to Cedar Grove High School in the tournament finals.NJSIAA Softball Championship History
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 1, 2023.

Notable alumni

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(born 1970), actor best known for being featured in ''

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'' as

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'', July 16, 2006. Accessed August 22, 2018. "Mr. Anderson's film career was a happy accident. While he and Mr. Smith graduated together in 1988 from Henry Hudson Regional High School in Highlands, they were not close until Mr. Anderson began to rent movies from the video store where Mr. Smith worked." *

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'', manager of

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, and star of ''

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''. * Jeffrey Gluckstein (born 1993), individual and synchronized

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Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: *Dr. Tara Beams, superintendent *Janet Sherlock, business administrator *Kevin McCarthy, principal Compton serves jointly as Tri-District Superintendent of Schools for the

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, the

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and the Henry Hudson Regional High School.

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. Seats on the board are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with five seats assigned to Highlands and four to Atlantic Highlands.School Board Members
Henry Hudson Regional High School. Accessed April 3, 2020.

References

External links

Henry Hudson Regional High School
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School Data for the Henry Hudson Regional High School
National Center for Education Statistics
DigitalSports Henry Hudson HomepageHenry Hudson Regional Alumni AssociationGreatschools data for Henry Hudson Regional High School
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