Hopatcong High School is a four-year
comprehensive public
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high school
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serving students in
ninth through
twelfth grade
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s from
Hopatcong
Hopatcong ( ) is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Sussex County, New Jersey, Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 14,362, a decrease of 785 (−5.2%) from the 2010 ...
, in
Sussex County,
New Jersey
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, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the
Hopatcong Public Schools.
As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 510 students and 47.5 classroom teachers (on an
FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1. There were 80 students (15.7% of enrollment) eligible for
free lunch
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and 27 (5.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
[School data for Hopatcong High School]
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
History
During the 1960-61 school year, there were 200 students from Hopatcong attending
Sparta High School.
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was ranked 235th in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide sure okay 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 289th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 200th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 174th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 158th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
In the 2013–2014 school year, Hopatcong High School ranked eighth in Sussex County out of nine other public high schools in SAT scores.
Extracurricular activities
The Hopatcong High School Chiefs
[Hopatcong High School]
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 12, 2015. compete in the
Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference
The Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) is a sports league that includes 39 public and private high schools from Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County, Sussex County, New Jersey, Sussex County and Warren County, New Jersey, Warren County ...
, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Morris,
Sussex and
Warren
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counties, and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). Prior to the 2010 realignment, the school participated in the
Sussex County Interscholastic League until the SCIL was dissolved in 2009. 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 the National Blue division of the
North Jersey Super Football Conference The North Jersey Super Football Conference is a football-only athletic league of high schools in New Jersey. The 115-team league was formed in 2016.
History
The NJSFC consists of nearly all of the football playing members of four conferences that w ...
, 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.
Hopatcong High School maintains a variety of boys' and girls' interscholastic sports teams including cross country, soccer, cheerleading, wrestling, basketball, bowling, golf, track and field, softball, baseball and tennis.
[
The school participates as the host school / lead agency for joint cooperative boys / girls bowling teams with Mount Olive High School, while Mount Olive is the host school for a co-op ice hockey team that also includes ]Hackettstown High School
Hackettstown High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hackettstown in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the H ...
. These co-op programs operate under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. The ice hockey partnership with Mount Olive started in the 2014-15 school year and plays under the Mount Olive name.
The boys' wrestling team won the 1997 North I Group II state sectional championship
The football team was the North I Group II state sectional champion in 2001 and 2005. The 2001 team finished the season with a 10-2 record, coming back from a 21-point deficit to defeat Mahwah High School
Mahwah High School (MHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students from Mahwah in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the only secondary school of the Mahwah Tow ...
in the North I Group II championship game by a score of 36-35 on a field goal scored with seconds left on the clock. In 2005, the team beat Sparta High School 20-14 in overtime in the final game of the tournament.
In 2004, the varsity cross-country team became the North I, Group II state champions. In 2005, the boys' cross country team finished 15th in the state at the New Jersey Meet of Champions. The same year, the team successfully defended its state sectional title and was second in Group II
The school's track team had three consecutive undefeated seasons, from 2010 to 2012.
Administration
The school's principal is Stephanie Martinez.[High School Staff]
Hopatcong High School. Accessed March 17, 2022.
Notable alumni
* Joe Hewitt, software programmer best known for his work on the Mozilla Firefox web browser.[Staff]
"5 Hopatcong Grads You Need to Know: The borough has seen its share of stars, from athletes to brainiacs."
, Hopatcong Patch.com
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, June 22, 2011. Accessed October 12, 2011. "You Need to Know About Joe Hewitt: Chances are you've seen his work without knowing it. Best known for helping create Firefox, Hewitt also played a key role in developing Facebook's iPhone app."
* Joe Martinek (born 1989), New Jersey high school football's all-time leading rusher with 7,589 total yards.[
* Dave Yovanovits (born 1981), former NFL offensive lineman, who played for the ]New Orleans Saints
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.[Dave Yovanovits Stats]
Pro-Football-Reference.com
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. Accessed March 11, 2018.
References
External links
Hopatcong High School
Hopatcong Public Schools
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Data for Hopatcong Public Schools
National Center for Education Statistics
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Hopatcong, New Jersey
Public high schools in Sussex County, New Jersey