Manville High School is a four-year comprehensive community

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that serves students in ninth through

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s from Manville in Somerset County, in the

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, operating as the lone secondary school of the Manville School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 472 students and 42.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1. There were 137 students (29.0% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 46 (9.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Manville High School
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 277th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in '' New Jersey Monthly'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 201st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 196th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 144th in the magazine's September 2008 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state."Top New Jersey High Schools 2010: By Rank"
'' New Jersey Monthly'', September 2010, Accessed March 30, 2012.

Athletics

The Manville High School MustangsManville High School
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the Skyland Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools spanning Hunterdon, Somerset and

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counties in northern New Jersey, operating under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 312 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 students in that grade range. The football team competes in Division 1B of the Big Central Football Conference, 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 I South for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 200 to 463 students. The baseball team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional championship in 1967, 1968 and 1970.NJSIAA Baseball Championship History
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 1, 2023. The wrestling team won the Central Jersey Group I sectional championship in 1982 and 1992-1994.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: *Adam Wright, Principal *Stephen Venuto, Vice-Principal / Athletic Director

Notable alumni

* Cheryl Chase (born 1958, class of 1977), actress and children's book authors best known for voicing Angelica Pickles in the television series ''

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'' and its spinoffs. * Gerald E. Loeb (class of 1977), neurophysiologist,

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and author * Robert Sikoryak (born 1964, class of 1983), artist who specializes in making comic adaptations of literature classics."159 get diplomas at Manville High"
'' The Home News'', June 11, 1983. Accessed June 22, 2022, via

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. "The keynote speeches were delivered by valedictorian Karen Cheng and salutatorian Robert Sikoryak."

References

External links

Manville High SchoolManville School District
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School Data for the Manville School District
National Center for Education Statistics {{Authority control Manville, New Jersey Public high schools in Somerset County, New Jersey