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s from Pequannock Township in Morris County,

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, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Pequannock Township School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 689 students and 71.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 9.7:1. There were 11 students (1.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 5 (0.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Pequannock Township High School

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(AP) courses are offered in

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, AP Spanish Language, AP Studio Art, AP United States History, AP United States Government and Politics and AP World History. Honors courses are also available for students. These include Honors

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History

In March 1955, the Board of Education began plans for a new high school for the district, after the Butler Public Schools indicated that incoming students from Pequannock Township would not be accepted at Butler High School starting in the 1955-56 school year. Formally established in 1956, the school building had its formal dedication in January 1958.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 29th-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 25th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 46th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 100th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 78th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state."Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"
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'', September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 31st out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 16 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (94.1%) and language arts literacy (97.9%) components of the

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(HSPA). '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked the school 33rd out of all public high schools in New Jersey, and 942nd in the nation, in its 2014 edition of "America's Best High Schools". In its listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", the school was ranked 237th out of 500 best high schools in the country; it was ranked 40th among all high schools in New Jersey and 23rd among the state's non-magnet schools. In 2013, PTHS was one of nine schools in the nation to have an entire class of 18 or more students attain a 5, the highest possible score, on the

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exam. Out of the 175-student Class of 2005, there were ten

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s, two

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Commended Students and 38 recipients of the President's Education Award.

Athletics

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and

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counties in Northwestern

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(NJSIAA). Prior to the NJSIAA's 2009 realignment, the school had participated in the Suburban Division of the Northern Hills Conference, which included schools located in

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counties. With 520 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the American 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 II North for football for 2018–2020. The school participates in a joint cooperative ice hockey team with

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as the host school / lead agency, operating under an agreement scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. Sports offered at the school include: Fall sports:

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, Fall

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, boys' and girls

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, cross country and girls'

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, girls' volleyball Winter sports:

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, winter

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Spring sports:

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, boys' and girls'

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, boys' and girls'

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team and boys

. The field hockey team won the North II Group II state sectional championship in 1976, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 and 1989, won the North I Group II title in 2001 and 2003 and won the North I Group I title in 2019; the team won the Group II state championship in 1983 (defeating Collingswood High School in the tournament final) and 1985 vs. Hopewell Valley Central High School. The 1983 team won the Group II title with a 2-1 win against Collingswood in the championship game. The 1985 team finished the season with a 22-1 record after winning the Group II title after defeating Hopewell Valley in overtime by a score of 2-1 in the playoff finals. The wrestling team won the North II Group II state sectional title in 1984, 2000 and 2003, the North II Group I title in 1995 and the North I Group I title in 2005 The baseball team won the Group II state championship in 1988 (defeating

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in the finals of the tournament) and 2009 (against

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). The 1988 team finished the season with a 17-10 record with a 3-0 win in the Group II final against Delran, a team that entered the championship game with a 24-2 record. The football team won the North II Group II state sectional championship in 1999 and 2000. The team won the North II Group III sectional title in 2000 with a 21-7 win against Dover High School, overcoming an early deficit with three fourth-quarter touchdowns. The ice hockey team won the Halvorsen Cup in 2008 and 2010. The softball team won the Group II state title in 2009 (vs.

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) and 2012 (vs. Robbinsville High School). The 2012 team won the Group II title with a 3-0 win against defending champion Robbinsville in the playoff finals. The golf team won the 2014 NJSIAA Group I state championship, the first state title in the program's history.

Administration

The school's principal is Richard M. Hayzler. His core administration team includes two assistant principals.

Notable alumni

Michael T. Cahill Michael T. Cahill is a law professor, and the Dean and President of Brooklyn Law School. He is also the former co-Dean of Rutgers Law School. Biography Raised in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, Cahill graduated from Pequannock Township High School ...

, Dean of

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."Pequannock High's Finest Alums Are Honored"
''Home Town News'', November 21, 2018. Accessed August 18, 2019. "Professor Michael T. Cahill was the next to be honored. Following high school graduation, Cahill received a B.A. from Yale University and J.D. and M.P.P. degrees from the University of Michigan, graduating magna cum laude and working on the ''Michigan Law Review''."

References

External links

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