Steinert High School (also formally known as Hamilton High School East) is a four-year comprehensive

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serving students in

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through

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s as one of three secondary high schools that are part of the

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, located in Hamilton Township in Mercer County,

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, United States; the other high schools in the district are Nottingham High School (Hamilton High School North) and Hamilton High School West. The school mascot is the Spartan. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,447 students and 104.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 13.9:1. There were 302 students (20.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 56 (3.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Hamilton East - Steinert

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. Accessed December 1, 2022.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 148th-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 204th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 189th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 199th in 2008 out of 316 schools. Schooldigger.com ranked the school as 176th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (an increase of 21 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the

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(HSPA).

Courses

Steinert offers

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(AP) courses in AP United States History, AP European History, AP Computer Science,

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, AP Chemistry,

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, AP United States Government, AP Statistics, and AP Calculus.

Sports

The Steinert High School SpartansHamilton High School East

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the Colonial Valley Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools in the Mercer County area and operates under the supervision of the

. With 920 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the Valley Division of the 95-team

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superconference and is classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV South for football for 2018–2020. The school maintains sports rivalries with fellow Hamilton schools: the Hamilton West Hornets and the Nottingham Northstars. Steinert plays against crosstown rival Hamilton West on Thanksgiving Day in football. The two schools have played each other on Thanksgiving Day since 1959 as the only Thanksgiving Day football game in Mercer County. The rivalry with Hamilton West was listed at 16th on NJ.com's 2017 list "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football". Hamilton West leads the rivalry with a 34–23–1 overall record as of 2017. School colors are dark green and white. Sports offered include baseball (men), basketball (men and women), cross country (men and women), field hockey (women), football (men), golf (men), ice hockey (men), lacrosse (men and women), soccer (men and women), softball (women), swimming (men and women), tennis (men and women), track and field spring (men and women), wrestling (men), and cheerleading (women and men). The school participates together with Hamilton High School West in a joint ice hockey team in which Nottingham 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. ;Baseball The baseball team won the Group III state championship in 1978 (defeating Teaneck High School in the tournament's final game), 1998 (vs.

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), 1999 (vs.

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), 2000 (vs. Bloomfield High School), 2006 (vs. Randolph High School), and won the Group III title in 1992 (vs.

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) and 1996 (vs.

Nutley High School Nutley High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the Township of Nutley, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Nutley Public Scho ...

); the team's seven state titles are the second-most of any public school program in the state. The 1978 team finished the season at 20-4 after winning the Group III state title by defeating Teaneck by a score of 9–0 in the championship game. The 1992 baseball team defeated Hoboken by a score of 5–4, to win the NJSIAA Group III state championship and finish the year with a 31–1 record, the most wins ever recorded in a season by a Mercer County baseball school. The team was inducted into the Steinert Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008. The 1996 team finished the season with a 24–5 record after winning the Group III title after defeating Nutley by a score of 4–3 in the championship game. A 3–0 win against Bloomfield gave the 2000 team the Group IV state title and a 30–2 record for the season. ;Cross country The boys' cross country team won the Group III state championship in 1987. ;Field hockey The field hockey team won the North II Group IV state sectional championship in 2000 and the Central Jersey Group IV title in 2007. In 2007, the field hockey team won the Central Jersey, Group IV state sectional championship with a 1–0 win over Toms River High School South in the tournament final. ;Football The 1966 varsity football team led by Head Coach Pete Brescia had a perfect 9-0-0 record and remains the only unbeaten team in SHS history. ;Boys' soccer The boys' soccer team won the Group IV state championship in 1966 (as co-champion with Bloomfield High School), 1969 and 1970 (as co-champions with

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both years), 1971 (vs. Kearny High School), 1973 (vs. John F. Kennedy High School of Paterson), 1975 (as co-champion with Kearny High School) and 1977 (vs. Livingston High School), and won the Group III state title in 1984 (vs. Indian Hills High School) and 1988 (vs.

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); the program's nine state titles are tied for third-most among all public school soccer teams. The 1969 team finished the season with a record of 18-0-2 after the Group IV title game against Hackensack ended in a 1–1 tie, making the two teams co-champions. ;Girls' soccer The girls soccer team won the Group III state championship in 1988, defeating runner-up Indian Hills High School in the finals. In 2007, the team won the Central, Group IV state sectional championship with a 1–0 win over

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in the tournament final. ;Softball The softball team won the Group IV state championship in 2004 (defeating Clifton High School in the tournament final) and won the Group III title in 2016 (vs.

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) and 2018 (vs. Indian Hills High School). The team won the 2018 Tournament of Champions against Immaculate Conception High School. The girls' softball team won the 2004 NJSIAA Group IV state championship against Clifton High School. The team won the 2016 Group III state title with a 6–2 win against Middletown High School South in the tournament's final round. The team won the 2018 Group III state title with a 2–0 win against Indian Hills High School and went on to win the Tournament of Champions and finish the season with a 26–5 record with a 9–0 win against Immaculate Conception of Lodi, with all nine runs scored in the first inning. NJ.com ranked Steinert as their number-one softball team in the state in 2018.

Administration

The school's principal is Bryan Rogers. His core administration team includes the two vice principals and the athletic director.Administration Team
Steinert High School. Accessed March 20, 2023.

Sister schools

The two other high schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the

) are: * Hamilton High School West (also known as Watson; 1,280 students) * Nottingham High School (also known as North; 985 students)

Notable alumni

Alumni of Steinert High School include: *

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(born 1971), Federal felon and former deputy executive director of the

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who previously represented the 14th Legislative District in the

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. * Erin Bowman (born 1990, class of 2008), pop singer songwriter. *

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since 2008. *

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(born 1966, class of 1985), retired United States

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forward, former head coach of Saint Louis University Men's Soccer team and current head coach of

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men's soccer team who he was named by ''

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'' as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1980s. * Colin Ferrell (born 1984, class of 2001), former

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for the

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. *

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(born 1960, class of 1978), former MLB outfielder. *

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(born 1986), midfielder for the Columbus Crew. * Lisa Gmitter-Pittaro (born 1965), former soccer player who played as a forward, making twelve appearances for the United States women's national team. * Brad Jenkins, producer who is the managing director and executive producer of Funny or Die DC and is the former associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. *

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(born 1980),

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for the NBA's

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. * Jim McKeown (born 1956, class of 1974), defender who played in the

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for the

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and Philadelphia Fury. * Art Napolitano (born 1956, class of 1974), retired

player who played professionally in the

, American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. * Chris Pittaro (born 1961, class of 1979), former MLB second baseman and current

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National Field Coordinator. * Bobby Smith (born 1951, class of 1969),

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. *

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Notable staff

* Duane Robinson (born 1968), former vice principal, who was the first overall pick of the

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in the 1990 National Professional Soccer League Draft.Sciarrotta, S
"Steinert High vice principal loved soccer at first kick"
MercerSpace.com, February 4, 2013. Accessed May 22, 2013. "The first time Duane Robinson was exposed to soccer, he wasn't quite sure what he was looking at.... Robinson, now a vice principal at Steinert High School, went on to have a decade-long professional soccer career."

Gallery

File:Steinert_vs._Northern_Knights_(2).jpg, The Steinert Spartans play football vs. the WW-P Northern Knights File:Steinert_vs._Northern_Knights_(1).jpg, The Steinert Spartans play football vs. the WW-P Northern Knights

References

External links

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Data for the Hamilton Township Public Schools

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