high school
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athletic conference
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located in
Essex County, New Jersey
Essex County is located in the northeastern part of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 863,728, making it the state's second-most populous county, behind Bergen and Middlesex Counties.
. The conference was formed in 2009 by the
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
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State championsh ...
and was a result of a larger realignment that swept through
North Jersey
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. The Super Essex Conference was formed by all of Essex County's high schools, the majority of which either came from the NNJIL,
Iron Hills
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Colonial Hills
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conferences. Several schools were members of either the
Mountain Valley
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or Watchung conferences, while several further were independent. The only school that did not participate was
St. Benedict's Preparatory School
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The school serves boys and girls in kindergarten through twelfth grade on a urban campus. The school h ...
, which is not part of the NJSIAA's jurisdiction.
Divisions
The Super Essex Conference, has adopted a strength of program alignment that places all the stronger programs in the top division and the weaker programs in the lower division with schools moving up or down every two years based on performance. It's similar to the system used statewide for hockey and lacrosse.Realignment Breakdown /ref>
Member schools
Recent Additions
For the 2011-2012 school year the conference added three new members in Christ the King Prep,
Newark Tech High School
Newark Tech High School is a regional public high school located in Newark, that offers occupational and academic instruction for students in Essex County, New Jersey
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, and
North 13th Street Tech
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