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serving students in

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through

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s from Belvidere, in

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, United States, operating as part of the

Belvidere School District The Belvidere School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Belvidere in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020–21 school year, the d ...

. Students from Harmony Township, Hope Township and White Township attend Belvidere High School as part of

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s with the respective school districts.''Public School Directory 2021-2022''

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. Accessed July 12, 2022. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 357 students and 32.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 11.1:1. There were 34 students (9.5% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 4 (1.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Belvidere High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 117th-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 189th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 250th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 250th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 251st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.

Athletics

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. Accessed January 24, 2016. athletic teams compete in the Valley Division of the

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, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Hunterdon,

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and Warren counties, and operates under the supervision of the

(NJSIAA). With 315 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

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, which includes 60 public and private high schools in Hunterdon,

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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 North for football for 2018–2020. Interscholastic sports offered include football, baseball, softball, basketball, cross country, swimming, cheerleading, golf, wrestling, field hockey, and soccer. The school participates as the host school / lead agency for joint cooperative boys / girls swimming teams with

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, while North Warren is the host school for co-op boys / girls lacrosse teams. These co-op programs operate under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. The baseball team won the North II Group I state sectional championship in 1965. The field hockey team won the North II Group I state sectional championships in 1982, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1996, and won the combined North I / II Group I title in 1992. The team was Group I co-champion in 1989 (with

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) and won the Group I title outright in 1990 (vs.

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). The 1989 team finished the season with a 9-2-2 record after a scoreless tie with Haddonfield after regulation and overtime in the Group I championship game. The team finished the season 18-2-1 after winning the 1990 Group I state championship game with a 1-0 defeat of a South Hunterdon team that had beaten Belvidere twice and tied once in their three meetings before the finals. The boys wrestling team won the North II Group I state sectional championships in 1996 and 1999-2001 The 1999 football team finished the season with an 11-1 record after winning the North II Group I state sectional championship with a 6-0 win against

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in the playoff finals. The girls soccer team won the North II, Group I state sectional championship in 2005 with a 1-0 win over

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. The team won the North I, Group I state sectional title in a shootout after overtime ended in a 2-2 tie with

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Activities and clubs

Clubs offered at Belvidere include Marching Band, Color Guard, Madrigals, Chorus, S.T.A.N.D, Diversity Club, FFA, Student Government, a science club, a book club, a running club, ''Seater Scoop'' (school newspaper), HOPE Club,

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, Yearbook Club, Environmental Club,

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and French National Honor Society.

Administration

Core members of the school's current administration are: *Jessica McKinney, Principal *Brad Bartow, Vice Principal

Notable alumni

* Dan Gray (born 1956),

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References

External links

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School Data for Belvidere High School

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