Asbury Park High School

Asbury Park High School
Location
1003 Sunset Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ 07712

Information
Type Public high school
School district Asbury Park Public Schools
Principal Mark J. Gerbino
Faculty 54 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 498 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 9.22[1]
Athletics conference Shore Conference
Rivals Neptune High School
Long Branch High School
Website

Asbury Park High School is a comprehensive, four-year community public high school headquartered in a landmark building in Asbury Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, constructed during the New Deal as a model high school campus. Part of the Asbury Park Public Schools, an Abbott District, the system serves children in prekindergarten through twelfth grade.

Students from Allenhurst and Interlaken attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship. Students from Deal attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship. Students from Belmar attend either Asbury Park High School or Manasquan High School.[2]

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 498 students and 54 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.22.[1]

The school was the 280th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 281st in 2008 out of 316 schools.[3] The school was ranked 296th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[4]

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Athletics

Asbury Park High School competes in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore.[5] All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

The 2007 football team won the Central Jersey, Group I state sectional championship with a 32-18 win over Keansburg High School in a game played at Rutgers Stadium, finishing the season with an 11-1 record and earning its first state title since 1984.[6][7]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[8]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d Asbury Park High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 9, 2011.
  2. ^ Cheslow, Jerry. "LIVING IN/Belmar, N.J.; Pushing Back on a Rowdy Reputation", The New York Times, June 20, 2004. Accessed October 23, 2007. "From Belmar Elementary, students are slotted to go to either Manasquan High School or Asbury Park High School, according to a 56-44 percent formula worked out with the New Jersey Department of Education in the late 1940's."
  3. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed April 1, 2011.
  4. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  5. ^ School Info, Shore Conference. Accessed March 9, 2008.
  6. ^ Moretti, Mike. "Bell, Johnson lead Asbury Park", The Star-Ledger, December 1, 2007. Accessed December 3, 2007. " It was one of three TD passes from Johnson to Bell as Asbury Park recorded a 32-18 victory over Keansburg last night in the NJSIAA/Gatorade Central Jersey, Group 1 championship at Rutgers Stadium. The victory marked the first state title for Asbury Park (11-1) since it went undefeated in 1984."
  7. ^ 2007 Football - Central, Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed December 3, 2007.
  8. ^ Administration, Asbury Park High School. Accessed April 1, 2011.
  9. ^ Frank Budd profile, database Football. Accessed June 4, 2007.
  10. ^ James John Howard, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 30, 2007.
  11. ^ The Ultimate New Jersey Higjh School Year Book. 
  12. ^ Phil Villapiano, database Football. Accessed December 15, 2007.

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