Long Branch High School is a comprehensive, four-year community

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that serves students in

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through

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s in the city of Long Branch, in

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, operating as part of the

Long Branch Public Schools Long Branch Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in the city of Long Branch, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 ...

. LBPS, one of 31 special-needs

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s in the state, serves the city of Long Branch. The school has been accredited by the

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Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1928.Long Branch High School

Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed April 28, 2020. As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,459 students and 132.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 11.1:1. There were 1,004 students (68.8% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 160 (11.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Long Branch High School

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. Accessed February 15, 2022.

History

The high school was the original home of

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, then known as Monmouth Junior College, from 1933 to 1955 until Monmouth moved to Shadow Lawn in West Long Branch. Students from Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright, and West Long Branch left the high school in September 1962 with the opening of

Shore Regional High School Shore Regional High School is a regional public high school and school district serving students from four communities in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The high school serves students from the constituent municipalities of Monmo ...

, alleviating overcrowding that had forced the school to conduct double sessions.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 228th-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 167th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 206th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 246th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 290th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.

Athletics

The Long Branch High School Green WaveLong Branch High School

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in Division A North of the

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, an athletic conference comprised of public and private high schools in Monmouth County and

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.Shore Conference Realignment for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020

. Accessed November 15, 2020. The conference operates under the jurisdiction of the

(NJSIAA). With 1,146 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,060 to 5,049 students in that grade range. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV South for football for 2018–2020. The boys track team won the Group III spring track state championship in 1933-1938, 1949 and 1967. The six-year streak of consecutive titles in the 1930s is tied for the fourth-longest streak in the state. The boys' bowling team won the overall state championship in 1958, edging Bloomfield High School by 20 pins to take the NJSIAA's first state tournament in the sport. The boys track team won the Group III indoor track state championship in 1967, 1975 (as co-champion) and 1982. The boys' basketball team won the Group III championship in 1970 (vs. Orange High School in the final game of the playoff tournament), 1977 (vs.

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), 1980 (vs.

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) and 1998 (vs.

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), and won the Group II title in 1997 (vs.

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). The team finished the 1970 season with a 26-0 record and won the Group III title, the program's first, with a 90-74 win against Orange High School in the tournament final. The 1977 team finished the season with a 30-0 record after winning the Group III title with an 81-62 victory at the

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against Ridgefield Park in the championship game. The 1980 team finished the season with a 26-3 with a 35-31 win against Weequahic in the Group III playoff finals. The girls spring track team was the Group III state champion in 1980. The boys' track team won the Group III state indoor relay championship in 1982-1984. The girls bowling team was overall state champion in 1983. The football team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional championship in 1986 and 1999, and the Central Jersey Group IV title in 2017 and 2018. In 2017, the team won its third sectional championship with a 43–42 overtime win against

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in the playoff final of the Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament, played at

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. The team repeated as Central Jersey Group IV champion in 2018 with a 21-1 win against Brick Township High School. The 2018 team went on to win the inaugural Group IV Central-South Jersey Bowl Game with a 20-17 win against Shawnee High School, to finish the season with a 12-1 record, the program's first 12-win season. The field hockey team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional title in 1998. The wrestling team won the Central Jersey Group II state sectional title in 2008-2011 and 2013; the team won the Group II state title in 2008–2010. The school wrestling team won the 2008 Group II team state championship, its first ever, finishing the season with a perfect record of 26–0.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:''Student / Parent Handbook 2020-2021''
Long Branch High School. Accessed March 31, 2022. *James Brown, Lead Principal *Vanessa Giammanco, Principal of STEM Academy *Erin Lamberson, Principal of Leadership Academy *Vincent Muscillo, Principal of School of Social Justice*Angela Y. Torres, Principal of Visual and Performing Arts Academy *Kristine Villano, Principal of Alternative Program Academy

Notable alumni

* Alex Bradley (born 1959), former professional basketball player who played in the NBA for the

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. * S. Thomas Gagliano (1931-2019, class of 1949), politician who served in the

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from 1978 to 1989. *

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''. *

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. *

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(born ),

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best known for his work on

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shows which combine "pop and queer culture". * Tom Kerwin (born 1944), former professional basketball player who played one season in the

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for the

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. *

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(1944-2018), independent broadcast journalist who, at the time of her death, was the longest-serving

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. *

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(1959-2005), former professional football player for the NFL. *

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(born 1950) former professional baseball player. *

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from 1997 to 2000. *

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(born 1951, class of 1970),

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. *

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(born , class of 1963), NFL on-field official from 1988 to 2008. *

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(born 1947), singer-songwriter. *

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(1867–1938), lawyer, President of the

, and judge *

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(born 1954), college football coach. * Yvonne Thornton (born 1947), physician and best-selling author. *

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(1918–2005),

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tackle who played for the

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in 1945. *

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* Clinton Wheeler (born 1959), former professional

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player. *

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Notable faculty

* Gerry Matthews (born 1941), 30-year college basketball coach who coached the Long Branch High School basketball team.Politi, Steve
"Gerry Matthews, N.J.'s all-time winningest college hoops coach, to retire from Stockton"
NJ Advance Media for

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, August 24, 2016. Accessed December 4, 2017. "Before moving to the college level, he compiled a 228-98 record and won two state championships in 13 years at Long Branch and Rumson-Fair Haven."

References

External links

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