Summit Public Schools

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The Summit Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Summit, in Union County, New Jersey, United States.

1 Schools
2 Athletics
3 Administration
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Schools

Schools in the district (with 2003-04 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

[edit] Elementary Schools

Brayton School with 443 students (K-5)
Franklin School with 350 students (K-5)
Jefferson School with 225 students (K-5)
Lincoln-Hubbard School with 397 students (PK-5)
Washington School with 342 students (PK-5)

[edit] Middle School

Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School with 841 students (6-8)

[edit] High School

Summit High School with 907 students (9-12)

Summit High School was recently ranked as Number 149 in Newsweek magazine's recent listing of "America's Best High Schools" in the August 5, 2005 issue^[1]. The High School was the 20th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools^[2]

[edit] Athletics

The Summit Hilltoppers have a long and successful football history. They began playing in 1893 and have won nine New Jersey State Football championships (59, 62, 63, 73, 76, 80, 88, 93, 94). The 1973 team, which was led by Willie Wilson, was undefeated and the #1 team in NJ. Since their last State Championship in 1994, Summit has lost in the NJSIAA playoffs in '00, '01 '02, and '03. The Hilltoppers finished the 2005 season, however, with a record of 1-9.

On November 25 the "3rd Annual High School Heroes Turkey Bowl" was held at Tatlock Field. Chris "Steamroller" Spinner led a ragtag bunch from the Class of '88 in this annual contest, which was played on Tatlock's new FieldTurf surface.

The Hilltoppers are known for their rich history in lacrosse. In 1981 and 1983 they won the boys state championships. Leo Paytas led the teams and ended up at Penn being heralded as one of the best players in Summit history. The Summit girls won the 1999 state championship, being the only team from New Jersey in the past seven years to beat Moorestown High School. Recently, the boys ventured into the 2001 and 2005 state championships, finishing second both times. In, 2005 they won the Group 1 state championship and had one of the most talented teams ever with 11 kids continuing their career in college.