Raritan High School is a four-year comprehensive

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serving students in

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through

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s from Hazlet Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of

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, operating as the lone secondary school of the Hazlet Township Public Schools. The school was named after the former community name, Raritan Township, and opened in September 1962 with an enrollment of 778 students, increasing to over 2,300 students by 1979. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 879 students and 71.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 12.3:1. There were 106 students (12.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 31 (3.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Raritan High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022. Raritan High School is accredited by the

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and has been accredited by the

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Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 2013.Raritan High School

Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed May 9, 2022. The school offers students a comprehensive program of education ranging from an academically oriented, college preparatory curriculum to courses in the vocational and career oriented field. In May 2010, the Hazlet Township Board of Education embarked on a trial of "Going green to save green" by agreeing to enter into a power purchase agreement with a third-party vendor. Under this agreement, solar panels are to be erected on awnings over the student parking lot at Raritan High School and on the rooftop of Hazlet Middle School. The $7.5 million project will be funded by the vendor to cover the costs of construction and maintenance in their entirety and in return the Hazlet school district has contractually agreed to purchase the electricity at a below market cost. The district expects to save $1.7 million in energy costs over the next 15 years.

History

Raritan High School was constructed at a cost of $1.5 million (equivalent to $ million in ) with an opening date of September 1962. Prior to the school's opening, students had attended

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as part of a

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Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 166th-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 175th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 166th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 164th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 153rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 137th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 19 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (83.5%) and language arts literacy (95.3%) components of the

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(HSPA).

Athletics

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

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

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

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(NJSIAA). With 698 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 486 to 758 students in that grade range. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group III South for football for 2018–2020. The school participates with Colts Neck High School in a joint ice hockey team in which Freehold High School is 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 boys' cross country team won the Group II state championship in 1964 and the Group III title in 1969 and 1970. The boys' bowling team won the overall state championship in 1971. The girls' outdoor track and field team won the Group IV state championship in 1977. The girls cross country running team won the Group IV state championship in 1981 and the Group III title in 1982. The boys soccer team finished the 1982 season with a 21–1 record after winning the Group III state championship by defeating runner-up Indian Hills High School by a score of 2–1 in the tournament final. The baseball team finished the 2003 season with a 24–5 record after winning the Group II state title against

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by a score of 9–7 in the championship game, after scoring eight runs in the sixth inning to overcome a 2–1 deficit. The boys' basketball team won the Group III state championship in 2004, defeating Manasquan High School by a score of 71–60 in the tournament final. The football team won the Central Jersey Group II state sectional championships in 2004 and 2015. The team won its first playoff-era title in 2004 with a 35–12 win against Carteret High School in the Central Jersey Group II title game. The team won the Central Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 2015 with a 28–26 win over Lincoln High School on a touchdown that came with 10 seconds left on the clock. The wrestling team won the Central Jersey Group II state sectional title in 2004, 2012 2018 and 2022, and won the Group II state championship in 2012 and 2022 The team won the 2006 Shore Conference Class A Central title. With a 19–4 record, the team reached the finals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey. The 2012 wrestling team won the Class A Central title, with a 24-6 team record, the team won the Central Jersey Group II sectional championship (the team's second sectional title overall and first time since 2004) and the program's first ever NJSIAA Group II state championship. The 2022 team won the Central Jersey Group II sectional championship (the team's fourth sectional title overall and first since 2018) by defeating

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by 42-25 in the sectional finals, and then defeating

in the Group II semifinals at 56-21 and then High Point Regional High School at 37-27 in the finals to bring home the program's second Group II state championship and finish the season with a 22-6 record. The girls' track and field team won the 2007 Shore Conference A-Central Division title and in that same season defeated Red Bank Catholic High School's girls' track and field team for the first time in the school's 45-year history.

Administration

The school's principal is Andrew R. Piotrowski. His administration team includes two assistant principals.

Notable alumni

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'' from 2009 to 2012. * Doug Hamilton (1963-2006, class of 1981), Major League Soccer executive. *

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(born 1991, class of 2010),

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for the

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. * Daniel O'Brien (born 1986), three-time Emmy winning humorist, author, writer, comedian and songwriter. *

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(born 1956, class of 1974), film, television and theatre actor known for his roles in ''Roswell'' and ''Felicity''. *

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since November 2017."Wildcats Add Reddy to Staff; Former Malmö, Rutgers Star Named Assistant Coach"
New Jersey Wildcats, April 26, 2006. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Following her standout career at Rutgers, the Hazlet, NJ native joined the Swedish club Umeå IK for one season in 1995 before moving to Malmö DFF for the next 10 seasons.... A Raritan High School graduate, Reddy appeared in 336 games during her career with Malmö and was a fan favorite."

References

External links

Raritan High School - Official WebsiteRHS School ReviewHazlet Township Public Schools
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Data for the Hazlet Township Public Schools

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