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that serves students in

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through

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s from Manville in Somerset County, in the

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, operating as the lone secondary school of the Manville School District. As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 538 students and 49.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 10.9:1. There were 232 students (43.1% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 77 (14.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Manville High School

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. Accessed December 15, 2024.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 277th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''

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'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 201st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 196th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 144th in the magazine's September 2008 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state."Top New Jersey High Schools 2010: By Rank"
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Athletics

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the Skyland Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools spanning Hunterdon, Somerset and

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(NJSIAA). With 312 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 football team competes in Division 1B of the Big Central Football Conference, which includes 60 public and private high schools in Hunterdon,

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, Somerset,

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and Warren counties, which are broken down into 10 divisions by size and location. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 185 to 482 students. The baseball team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional championship in 1967, 1968 and 1970.Baseball Championship History: 1959–2024

, updated September 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024. The wrestling team won the Central Jersey Group I sectional championship in 1982 and 1992-1994.

Administration

The school's principal is Adam M. Wright. Core members of the school's administration include a vice principal.

Notable alumni

* Cheryl Chase (born 1958, class of 1977), actress and children's book authors best known for voicing

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in the television series ''

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'' and its spinoffs. * Gerald E. Loeb (class of 1977), neurophysiologist,

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and author *

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(born 1964, class of 1983), artist who specializes in making comic adaptations of literature classics."159 get diplomas at Manville High"
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. "The keynote speeches were delivered by valedictorian Karen Cheng and salutatorian Robert Sikoryak."

References

External links

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School Data for the Manville School District

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