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Montgomery High School is a four-year comprehensive
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located in the Skillman section of Montgomery Township, in Somerset County,
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, United States, serving students in
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through
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s as the lone secondary school of the
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. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,561 students and 112.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a
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of 13.8:1. There were 50 students (3.2% of enrollment) eligible for
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and 15 (1.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Montgomery High School
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. Accessed December 1, 2022.
The district's
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ranking of "J" indicates that the school serves students of relatively high socioeconomic status.


History

After the
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and also sought other sending-receiving relationships. Ground was broken in April 1968 for a building that would accommodate an enrollment of 1,100 students and be constructed at a cost of $3.3 million (equivalent to $ million in ). The original high school opened in January 1969 for students in grades 7-10, before which students from the township attended Princeton High School under the terms of a
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. A new high school building opened for the 2005-06 school year. The school had been accredited by the
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Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools from 1976 until 2013, when the school's accreditation status was removed.


Awards, recognition and rankings

For the 1992–93 school year, Montgomery High School was awarded the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the
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, the highest award an American school can receive. In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by ''
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'', the school was ranked 13th in New Jersey and 636th nationwide. The school was ranked 643rd nationwide, the 18th-highest in New Jersey, in ''
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'' magazine's 2010 rankings of America's Best High Schools. In ''
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's'' May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Montgomery High School was listed in 656th place, the 13th-highest ranked school in
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. The school was the 33rd-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 61st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 10th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 16th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 4th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 39th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 7 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (93.3%) and language arts literacy (98.1%) components of the
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(HSPA).


Testing

Montgomery was recognized in 2006 as excellent in
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; all 203 students who took the AP exam that year scored 3 (out of 5) or above.


SAT Scores

In 2005–06, Montgomery averaged a 1760 combined
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score, 15th-highest statewide, and ranked 7th among all non-magnet, general admission public high schools. In 2006–07, Montgomery averaged a 1755 SAT score, 14th-highest in the state and the 7th-highest for any non-magnet, general admission public high school.


Student activities


Clubs and publications

Montgomery High School offers multiple academic, co-curricular and athletic club programs. In science, Montgomery High School has a
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Robotics Competition Team, TSA TEAMS, science league, science bowl, and
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. The band program also offers several extracurricular activities, including: a
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which plays at every varsity football game and at various area competitions, where they have received superior ratings and special awards such as "Best Overall Effect", "Best Color Guard", and "Best Music"; a
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; and a lower-level jazz group called the "Stage Band." All musical ensembles are non-competitive, and only attend competitions in exhibition. The Yearbook is called the ''Lens'' and, since 2007, is printed in full color. Each year a video is produced for the senior class, known as senior video. The video is a look back at the time spent in Montgomery by the outgoing seniors and consists of a wide variety of video footage, from the annual senior class trip to
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all the way back to
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. It has historically been handled by the TV department, however since 2008 it has been done as a joint venture between the TV department and the Class Historian for the graduating class. The video is shown once, at the senior dinner dance. There are other extracurriculars at the school. The Future Business Leaders of America Club competed for the first time at competitions and 9 out of 11 people placed in regionals and went to states and three people went to and placed at the national competition. ''Pawprint'' is MHS' high school newspaper. MHS also offers a Literary Magazine that gets published annually. Students can submit poetry, prose, photography, and traditional and digital artwork. FIRST Robotics Competition Montgomery High School is the home o
Team 1403, Cougar Robotics
which has been participating in the
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since 2004. Over the years they have been to the Worlds Competitions 8 times, earned 6 blue banners, won 34 awards, such as Xerox Creativity Award, Motorola Quality Award, Chrysler Team Spirit Award, Excellence in Engineering Award, Industrial Design Award, etc. were finalists at 9 Events, and won at 2 Events


Science Olympiad

Science Olympiad in Montgomery is run by the teachers in the Science department. From 1997 to 2005, the school won the New Jersey state championships nine consecutive times, qualifying for the national tournament each time. The team qualified for the national tournament in 2022 after defeating West Windsor-Plainsboro. The ten state titles are tied with West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South for the most titles of any high school in the state.


Athletics

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compete a member of the
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, which includes public and private high schools covering
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in west
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, and operates under the jurisdiction of the
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(NJSIAA). With 1,232 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 football team competes in Division 4 of the
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, which includes 60 public and private high schools in Hunterdon,
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, Somerset,
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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 IV North for football for 2018–2020. Sports offered at Montgomery High School include
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, Girl's volleyball, and
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. The school participates in a joint ice hockey team with
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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 1991 boys soccer team finished the season with a record of 14-4-2 after winning the Group I state championship with a 1-0 win against
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in the final game of the tournament at
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. The boys' tennis team won the Group IV state championship in 1993 (vs.
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), 1997 (vs.
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), 1998 (vs.
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) and 1999 (vs. Haddonfield), and won the Group IV title in 2017 (vs. Livingston High School), 2018 (vs.
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) and 2019 (vs. Montclair High School). The team won the Tournament of Champions in 2017 (defeating runner-up
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in the final match of the tournament), 2018 (vs. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South) and 2019 (vs. Newark Academy). The 2019 team won the Group IV state title over Montclair 5-0 in the tournament final and went on to finish the season 23-0 after winning the Tournament of Champions over Newark Academy 3-2 in the final round. The girls swimming team won the Public Group B state championship in 2004 and the Public B title in 2015. The boys team won the Public Group B title in 2020. The girls soccer team was the Group III co-champion in 2005 with
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and won the Group IV state championship with a 1–0 win over
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in 2012. The ice hockey team won the Dowd Cup in 2003. The girls' softball team won the 2004 NJSIAA Group III state championship. They also won the 2009 Somerset County Tournament. The boys and girls track teams won the 2005 North II Group III state championships. The baseball team won the 2005 North II Group III state championship with a 3–1 win over
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. Montgomery High School made it to the 2006 and 2011 NJSIAA Public School Ice Hockey state championship game, falling to Randolph High School both times in the finals of the 64-team tournament. The boys lacrosse team won the Group III state championship (defeating Randolph High School in the tournament final), and won the Group IV title in 2017 (vs. Ridgewood High School) and 2019 (vs.
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). The team won the 2007 Group III state championship with a 10–8 win in the playoff finals over Randolph High School. The 2007 girls' tennis team won the Central Jersey, Group IV state sectional championship with a 3–2 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South in the tournament final. The team won the Group I state championship in 1994 vs. Verona High School and 1996 vs.
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. The team won the Group II championship in 2002 vs. Summit High School. The boys' basketball team won the Central Jersey Group IV sectional title in 2010 with a 57–30 win over
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, and have also won their respective conference championship in 1975, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2018. The 2010 boys' tennis team won the Central Jersey Group IV sectional title with a 3–2 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South. The girls fencing team was the overall state champion in 2016 and 2022, won the épée team state title in 2011 and 2019, and was the foil team winner in 2016 and 2017. The 2011, 2012 and 2015 boys' golf teams won the Central/South Group IV state sectional championship. The boys fencing team was the foil team state champion in 2019. The Varsity Cheerleading squad qualified for Nationals in 2010-2011 and 2011–2012 seasons. The Junior Varsity squad qualified for Nationals in 2011–2012 season, placing first at Empire Regionals at
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.


Administration

The school's principal is Heather Pino-Beattie. The core administrative team includes three vice principals.


Notable alumni

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who was the NCAA Division I champion. *
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(born 1997, class of 2015),
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who played for the
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and the
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. * Kevin East (born 1971, class of 1989) retired
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who is coach of the
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men's soccer team. * Mike Ford (born 1992),
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. * Brandon Grosso (born 2000), professional
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driver who has competed in the
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. * Gavin Hollowell (born 1997), professional
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of the USL Professional Division.


Notable faculty

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(born 1990), former professional soccer player, currently a Health & PE teacher and a coach at the school.Smith, Yannick / Overview
Montgomery High School. Accessed August 4, 2019.


References


External links


Montgomery High School

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School Data for the Montgomery Township School District
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