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Kinnelon High School
Location
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121 Kinnelon Road
Kinnelon, NJ 07405
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1963
School districtKinnelon Public Schools
PrincipalRobert Reis (interim)
Faculty58.4 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades9 - 12
Enrollment701 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.00:1[1]
Color(s)Green and white
Athletics conferenceNorthwest Jersey Athletic Conference
NicknameColts
WebsiteSchool website

Kinnelon High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Kinnelon in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone high school of the Kinnelon Public Schools.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the school had an enrollment of 701 students and 58.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.00:1. There were 5 students (0.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 3 (0.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1] According to Public School Review, Kinnelon High School had 1% African American students, 2% Hispanic, and 3% Asian.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 20th-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.[2] The school had been ranked 5th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 21st in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[3] The magazine ranked the school 34th in the magazine's September 2008 issue, and 35th in the its September 2006 issue, both of which included 316 schools across the state.[4] Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 90th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 62 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (87.5%) and language arts literacy (96.5%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[5]

In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 591st in the nation among participating public high schools and 46th among schools in New Jersey.[6]

In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 39th in New Jersey and 1,217th nationwide.[7]

Athletics

Kinnelon High School competes in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, which is made up of public and parochial high schools covering Morris County, Sussex County and Warren County, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[8] With 522 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as North I, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 481 to 749 students in that grade range.[9]

On November 9, 2006, Kinnelon's girls soccer team won the North 1 Group I tournament, defeating Cresskill High School 5-0.[10] The team then moved on to win the overall Group I state championship less than two weeks later, defeating Metuchen High School 2-1 on November 18, 2006, in a game played at the College of New Jersey.[11]

In 2008, the girls soccer team became the first Group II school to win the Morris County Tournament championship. At the time it was considered to be an accomplishment that topped their previous year's state championship because the county tournament presented the challenge of much larger schools than they did during their run to the 2006 Group I state title.[12] The following year, the team shared the county title with West Morris Central High School.[13]

The girls basketball team won the 2007 North I Group I sectional championship with a 48-37 win over Butler High School.[14]

On March 22, 2008, the Kinnelon ice hockey team beat the Jefferson Township High School Falcons at the Prudential Center to win the Public B state tournament.[15] The win was the team's first ever state championship.[16]

In 2009, the boys lacrosse program won the Group I state championship.[17]

In 2014 the girls soccer team defeated Park Ridge to win the Group 1, Section 1 title. They then dispatched the favored Glen Ridge [18], winners of the two previous Group 1 titles, by a score of 2-1 to reach the title game. Going into the finals as underdogs again [19], they beat the previous years Group 1 co-champions, Shore Regional 2-0 [20] to win the school's second girls soccer state championship. The team started the season at 4-4 yet finished with a school record of 20 wins, against only 5 losses, going 16-1 over their final seventeen games.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[21]

  • Robert Reis - Interim Principal
  • Scott Rosenberg - Assistant Principal
  • Vincent Shivas - Assistant Principal

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d Data for Kinnelon High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 20, 2014.
  2. ^ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  3. ^ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed August 28, 2012.
  4. ^ "2010 Top High Schools in New Jersey", New Jersey Monthly, September 2010, posted August 30, 2010. Accessed August 30, 2010.
  5. ^ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 1, 2012.
  6. ^ Streib, Lauren. "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast, May 6, 2013. Accessed May 9, 2013.
  7. ^ Mathews, Jay. "The High School Challenge 2011: Kinnelon High School", The Washington Post. Accessed September 8, 2011.
  8. ^ League Memberships – 2014-2015, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2014.
  9. ^ 2014-2015 Public Schools Group Classification: ShopRite Cup–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for North I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of July 8, 2014. Accessed November 20, 2014.
  10. ^ 2006 Girls Soccer Tournament - North I, Group I Girls Varsity Soccer State Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 10, 2006.
  11. ^ Kinnelon duo shows toughness in final, Daily Record (Morristown), November 25, 2006.
  12. ^ Morett, Chris. "Kinnelon (0) at Randolph (2), Morris County Tournament, Final Round - Girls Soccer", The Star-Ledger, November 12, 2011. Accessed March 2, 2012. "Randolph took the field in the Morris County Tournament as the historical power, boasting more county tournament titles than any other school but in the midst of a drought since 2000. Its opponent Kinnelon won back-to-back championships in 2008 and 2009. Kinnelon also was part of the reason for Randolph's dry spell, defeating Randolph in the 2008 final and bouncing Randolph in the quarterfinals last year."
  13. ^ Kitchin, Mark. "West Morris turned things around", Daily Record (Morristown), December 17, 2009. Accessed March 1, 2012. "The Wolfpack earned victories against Morris Hills, Mendham (in double overtime) and Roxbury before rallying to a draw with Kinnelon in the championship game."
  14. ^ 2007 Girls Basketball - North I, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 25, 2007.
  15. ^ 2008 Ice Hockey Tournament - Public B, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed March 23, 2008.
  16. ^ Hague, Jim. "Kinnelon captures state championship", Daily Record (Morristown), March 23, 2008. Accessed March 23, 2008. "It marked the first state championship for Kinnelon (24-2-2), which only initiated a hockey program less than a decade ago."
  17. ^ "HISTORY OF THE NJSIAA BOYS' LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS", New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 15, 2014.
  18. ^ http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/6436926649821465615/girls-soccer-group-1-semifinal-preview-glen-ridge-vs-kinnelon/
  19. ^ http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/5436918649809465720/girls-soccer-group-1-final-preview-shore-vs-kinnelon/
  20. ^ http://www.northjersey.com/sports/h-s-girls-soccer-kinnelon-seniors-cap-careers-with-title-1.1139668
  21. ^ Class of 2015 Profile, Kinnelon High School. Accessed November 20, 2014.
  22. ^ Lefkowitz, David. "PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Laura Benanti", Playbill, May 11, 1999. Accessed May 9, 2013. "Just a year ago, if you looked at the bio for Laura Benanti in the Playbill for The Sound of Music, you'd have seen this: '(Ensemble / understudy Maria). 1997 graduate, Kinnelon High School.'"
  23. ^ William A. Pailes, NASA. Accessed August 28, 2012. "Born June 26, 1952, in Hackensack, New Jersey, but considers Kinnelon, New Jersey, to be his hometown.... Graduated from Kinnelon High School, Kinnelon, New Jersey, 1970."
  24. ^ Kolton, Tara. "Kinnelon grad singing her way to the top", Suburban Trends, February 20, 2012. Accessed April 3, 2012. "Kinnelon native Elise Testone has made it to the top 40 finalists of American Idol's season 11. Testone, a 2001 graduate of Kinnelon High School (KHS), endured several tough rounds of cuts in Hollywood to make it to Idol's top 40 during the Las Vegas round, which aired on Thursday night on FOX."

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