Point Pleasant Borough High School is a four-year comprehensive community

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located on Laura Herbert Drive in Point Pleasant in

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, in the

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. The school serves students in

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through

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s, operating as the lone secondary school of the Point Pleasant School District. The mascot is the panther, and the school colors are black and gold. As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 856 students and 80.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 10.7:1. There were 60 students (7.0% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 15 (1.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Point Pleasant Borough High School

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. Accessed December 15, 2024.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 98th-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 154th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 133rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 172nd in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 117th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 64th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 132 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (89.8%) and language arts literacy (97.6%) components of the

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(HSPA).

Demographics

*1,020 White *27 Hispanic *6 Black *9 Asian/Pacific Islander

Athletics

The Point Pleasant Borough High School PanthersPoint Pleasant Borough High School

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in Division B South of the Shore Conference, an athletic conference comprised of public and private high schools in

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and Ocean counties along the

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.Shore Conference Realignment for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020
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(NJSIAA). With 598 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 514 to 685 students. The school participates in a joint ice hockey team with

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in which

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is the host school / lead agency. The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. The boys' baseball team won the Central Jersey Group I state title in 1966.Baseball Championship History: 1959–2024

, updated September 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024. The boys' soccer team won the Group II state championship in 1968 (defeating runner-up Verona High School in the championship game) and 1972 (vs. Lawrence High School).NJSIAA History of Boys Soccer

. Accessed May 1, 2023. The 1968 team won the Group II title with a 2-0 win against Verona in the championship game played at Hightstown High School. The 1972 team finished the season with a record of 18-2 after defeating three-time returning champion Lawrence High School by a score of 2-0 in the Group II tournament final played at

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. The football team has won the South Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 1977, 1978 and 2005. The 1977 team finished the season with a 9-2 record after winning the South Jersey Group II state sectional title with a 7-0 victory against Salem High School in the playoff finals. The 1978 team won the program's second consecutive South Jersey Group II title with a 21-16 win against

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in the championship game. The team won the 2005 title with a 43-0 win against Camden High School in the playoff finals, finishing the season with a record of 12-0. The 1996 girls' basketball team became the first Ocean County team to win a state title in the sport when it took the Group II state championship, defeating

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by a score of 42-39 in the tournament finalGirls Basketball Championship History: 1919–2024

, updated March 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024. before advancing to the

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as the sixth seed and falling by 64-36 in the quarterfinals to third-seeded Notre Dame High School to finish the season with a 21-7 record. The wrestling team the South Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 2007 and 2018 The team won the 2007 South Jersey, Group II sectional title with a 31-26 win over Cinnaminson High School.

Marching band

The marching band was the

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Atlantic Coast Invitational Class A winners in Group 3 in 2019 and 2023.

Administration

The school's principal is Kurt Karcich. His core administration team includes two vice principals.

MRSA

In October 2007, a female on the soccer team was diagnosed with

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(MRSA). The school, one of several in the area to experience these infections, was reopened after classrooms and other portions of the school were disinfected.

Notable alumni

* Andrew R. Ciesla (born 1953), Member of the

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who represented the 10th Legislative District. *

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(born 1966), bass player, songwriter, and

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for the rock band

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. *

Kelsey Haycook Kelsey Haycook (born April 19, 1993) is an American soccer player who played for the Portland Thorns FC. Early life and education Haycook was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. She played prep basketball and soccer at Point Pleasant Borough ...

(born 1993, class of 2011), soccer player who played for the

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* Jacqui Kapinowski (born 1962), two-time American Paralympian who competed in

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at the

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and in

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at the

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. *

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(born 1961, class of 1979), attorney and former U.S. Army prosecutor who is legal analyst for

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. * Ryan Malleck (born 1993),

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who played in the NFL for the

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. *

Peter Nowalk Peter Nowalk (born September 12, 1978) is an American television writer and producer. He is known as the creator of the legal thriller, '' How to Get Away with Murder''. Early life Nowalk was raised in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, and gradu ...

(class of 1996), television writer and producer, best known as the creator of the legal thriller, ''

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''. *

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(born 1956 as Page Falkinburg), former professional wrestler and actor. *

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(born 1975), USA soccer player. As a senior, she became the first person to lead the Shore Conference in scoring in soccer, basketball and field hockey. *

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(born 1979), mixed martial arts fighter. * Soraya (1969-2006), singer/songwriter.Zedalis, Joe
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'', May 14, 2006. Accessed February 27, 2011. "The Point Pleasant Borough High School graduate and Latin Grammy Award winner whose fight against breast cancer raised awareness about the disease in the Latino community died Wednesday in Miami said a spokeswoman for her record label EMI Latin said...."

References

External links

Point Pleasant Borough High SchoolPoint Pleasant School District
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School Data for the Point Pleasant School District

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