Bordentown Regional High School is a
comprehensive public
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high school
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that serves students in
ninth
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through
twelfth grade
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s from five communities in northern
Burlington County
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New Jersey
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, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the
Bordentown Regional School District
The Bordentown Regional School District is a comprehensive regional state school, public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from communities in Burlington County, New Jersey, Burlington County, New Jer ...
. The high school serves
Bordentown City,
Bordentown Township (where the school is located), and
Fieldsboro Borough. The
New Hanover Township School District
The New Hanover Township School District is a consolidated public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from non-military portions of New Hanover Township (including its Cookstown section) and Wrightstow ...
, consisting of
New Hanover Township (non-military portions) and
Wrightstown Borough, sends students to the Bordentown district on a tuition basis for grades 9-12 as part of a
sending/receiving relationship
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.
As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 744 students and 55.8 classroom teachers (on an
FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio
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of 13.3:1. There were 3 students (0.4% of enrollment) eligible for
free lunch
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and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
[School data for Bordentown Regional High School]
National Center for Education Statistics
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. Accessed December 1, 2022.
History
Bordentown Regional High School opened in 1965, succeeding William McFarland High School. It is the largest school in the Bordentown Regional School District, which was approved by voters in 1982. Original plans to have a new high school building open in September 2005 had to be delayed after construction bids for the project opened in November 2003 came in substantially above the original estimate of $34 million. With the project mostly completed at a cost of $36 million, the high school then relocated to its current building, opening for students on September 11, 2006, with the former high school building becoming Bordentown Regional Middle School.
Rowan College at Burlington County
Rowan College at Burlington County (RCBC) is a public community college in Burlington County, New Jersey. Main facilities are located in Mount Laurel with other campuses in Mount Holly, Willingboro and Joint Base.
History
Founded as Burlin ...
offers college-level courses and provides the opportunity to complete associate degree programs at the high school.
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 193rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''
New Jersey Monthly
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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 200th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 218th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 208th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 172nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
The school received the Governor's School of Excellence Award in 2003; from 2000 to 2003 the number of violent acts in the school fell by 40% and graduation rates increased.
The school was recognized as the New Jersey High School Mock Trial co-champion with
Montclair High School in 2020 after the finals were cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Athletics
The Bordentown Regional High School Scotties
[Bordentown Regional High School]
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) is an association of hundreds of New Jersey high schools that regulates high school athletics and holds tournaments and crowns champions in high school sports.
State championsh ...
. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the
Burlington County Scholastic League
The Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL) is a New Jersey high school sports conference under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). The league consists of nineteen public and parochial high s ...
, which is comprised of public and private high schools covering Burlington,
Mercer
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and
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counties in
Central Jersey
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, operating under the supervision of the
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
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State championsh ...
(NJSIAA). With 542 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group II Central for most athletic competition purposes. The football team competes in the Freedom Division of the 94-team
West Jersey Football League The West Jersey Football League is a 94-school superconference that stretches from Princeton, New Jersey to Wildwood, New Jersey encompassing schools from the Colonial Valley Conference, the Burlington County Scholastic League, the Olympic Conferenc ...
superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2022–2024.
The school participates as the host school / lead agency for a joint wrestling team with
Florence Township Memorial High School
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. The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.
The 1978 baseball team finished the season with a 16-6 record after winning the Group I state championship in 1978, defeating
Chatham Borough High School by a score of 6-4 in the playoff finals at
Mercer County Park
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.
The boys soccer team won the Group I state title in 1986, defeating
Chatham Township High School
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by a score of 2-1 in double overtime in the finals of the playoff tournament at
Trenton State College
The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) is a public university in Ewing Township, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Established in 1855 as the New Jersey State Normal School, TCNJ was the first normal school, or ...
.
The boys track team won the spring track state championship in Group I in 2001.
The boys' basketball team won the 2006 Central Jersey Group I state sectional title, edging
Metuchen High School
Metuchen High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Metuchen in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Metuchen Scho ...
by a score of 75-73 in the tournament final.
The girls' softball team made it to the 2006 Central Jersey Group I tournament as the number 1 seed, defeating
Middlesex High School
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2-0 in the first round and
Metuchen High School
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by a score of 10-0 in the second round, before losing to
New Egypt High School
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by a score of 3-2 in the tournament final.
The boys' bowling team in the 2004-05 year were the 2005 Freedom Division champions, 2005 Burlington County Scholastic League champions and took second place in the NJSIAA team tournament, just 29 pins behind state champion
Carteret High School
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, which had a pinfall of 2,988.
The girls' bowling team won the Group I state championship four times in a span of five years, taking the title in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011. The program's four state titles are ranked sixth in the state.
The girls' soccer team won the state sectional tournament but lost in the state tournament finals in Group I in 1986, 1987 and 1991 and in Group II in 2012.
Administration
The school's principal is Rob Walder. His core administration team includes three assistant principals.
Notable alumni
Includes alumni of Bordentown Regional High School and its predecessor William McFarland High School.
*
Len Boone, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
*
Debbie Gary Callier
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Biograp ...
(born 1948, class of 1965),
air show
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They often include aerobatics demonstrations, without they are called "static air shows" with aircraft parked on the ground.
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pilot.
*
Herb Conaway
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(born 1963, class of 1981), physician and member of the
New Jersey General Assembly
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Since the election of 1967 (1968 Session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for ...
.
*
Eric Hamilton (born 1953, class of 1971), retired
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coach who was head football coach at
The College of New Jersey
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from 1977 through 2012, where he had a record of 212–144–6.
*
Rob Novak (born 1986), runner who specialized in the
800 meters
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.
*
Julia Reichert
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(class of 1964), Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and feminist.
*
Harry W. Shipps
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Early life and career
Shipps was born in Bordentown, New Je ...
(1926-2016, class of 1942), eighth
Bishop of Georgia.
*
H. Kenneth Wilkie (1923-1990, class of 1940), politician who represented
District 4B in the
New Jersey General Assembly
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Since the election of 1967 (1968 Session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for ...
from 1972 to 1974.
*
Joshua Zeitz
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(born 1974, class of 1990), historian.
Dr. Joshua Zeitz: Alumni Hall of Fame Class of 1990
Bordentown Regional High School. Accessed February 14, 2020. "Josh Zeitz was born in Trenton and grew up on Prince Street in Bordentown City. A product of the public schools from K through 12, he is a proud alumnus of the Clara Barton School, MacFarland Junior High School and Bordentown Regional High School."
References
External links
Bordentown Regional High School
Bordentown Regional School District
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School Data for the Bordentown Regional School District
National Center for Education Statistics
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Local Government Budget Review - Bordentown Regional School District: September 1999
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Bordentown, New Jersey
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Fieldsboro, New Jersey
New Hanover Township, New Jersey
Wrightstown, New Jersey
1965 establishments in New Jersey
Educational institutions established in 1965
Public high schools in Burlington County, New Jersey