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that serves students in ninth through

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Boonton Boonton is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 8,815, an increase of 468 (+5.6%) from the 2010 census count of 8,347, which in turn reflected a decline of 149 (− ...

, in Morris County,

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, United States, operating as part of the Boonton Public Schools. The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools until July 2029 and has been accredited since 1928.Boonton High School
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 22, 2022. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 666 students and 60.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1. There were 130 students (19.5% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 29 (4.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Boonton High School
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022. The high school serves students from Boonton and approximately 300 students from Lincoln Park, who attend as part of a

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with the Lincoln Park Public Schools. The two districts have sought to sever the more-than-50-year-old relationship, citing cost savings that could be achieved by both districts and complaints by Lincoln Park that it is granted only one seat on the Boonton Public Schools' Board of Education. In April 2006, the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education rejected the request.

History

Students from Parsippany–Troy Hills had attended the high school as part of a

with the Parsippany–Troy Hills School District until

Parsippany High School Parsippany High School (also known as PHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of two high schools in the township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Parsippany-Tr ...

opened for the 1956-57 school year, leaving students attending from Boonton Township, Lincoln Park and Montville Township.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 212th-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 109th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 130th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 112th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 128th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state."Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"
'' New Jersey Monthly'', September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008. Schooldigger.com ranked the school as 259th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (a decrease of 15 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).

Athletics

The Boonton High School BombersBoonton High School
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the

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(NJAC), which includes 39 public and private high schools in Morris and Sussex counties, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). Before the 2010 realignment, the school had competed in the

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, which includes public and private high schools in

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, Morris and

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counties. With 459 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 the National Blue division of the

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, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I North for football for 2018–2020. The school participates in a joint ice hockey team with

Mountain Lakes High School Mountain Lakes High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Mountain Lakes, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Mou ...

as 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' lacrosse team won the 1976 state title by defeating Montclair High School by a score of 8-5 in the championship Game, after losing to Montclair in the state finals in both 1974 (by a score 9-2) and 1975 (by 10-3). The 1998 team won the state championship with an 8-5 win against Montclair High School in the championship game. The field hockey team won the North II Group II state sectional championships in 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, North II Group I in 1998, North I Group I in 2004. The team was the runner-up for the Group II state championship in 1991 and 1992, and for the Group I title in 1998. The football team won the NJSIAA North I Group I state sectional championship in 2003 and 2019. The team finished with a season record of 11-1 in 2003 after winning the North I Group I state title with a 14-7 win against Butler High School in the championship game with 2,000 spectators at Henry P. Becton Regional High School. The team won the North I Group I title in 2019 with a 34-21 win against Cedar Grove High School. The boys track team won the spring track state championship in Group I in 2017. The Mountain Lakes-Boonton co-op ice hockey team won the Haas Cup in 2020.

Administration

The school's principal is Jason Klebez. His core administration team includes two vice principals and the athletic director.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Boonton High School include:Paik, Eugen
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Notable faculty

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(born 1956),

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. Accessed August 19, 2007. "The Trenton, N.J., native began his coaching career in 1979 at Boonton High School in New Jersey, then spent the next five seasons at Morristown (N.J.) High School as a football assistant."

References

External links

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