| Kinnelon High School | |
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| Location | |
| 121 Kinnelon Road Kinnelon, NJ 07405 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1963 |
| School district | Kinnelon Public Schools |
| Principal | Dr. Wayne Merckling |
| Vice principal | Scott Rosenberg Matthew Scanlon |
| Faculty | 52 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 703 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.52[1] |
| Color(s) | Green and white |
| Athletics conference | Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference |
| Nickname | Colts |
| Website | School 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 part of the Kinnelon Public Schools.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 703 students and 52 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.52.[1] According to Public School Review, Kinnelon High School has 1% African American students, 2% Hispanic, and 3% Asian.
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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.[2]
The school was the 21st-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. The school was ranked 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. [3]
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.[4]
On November 9, 2006, Kinnelon's girls soccer team won the North 1 Group I tournament, defeating Cresskill High School 5-0.[5] 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.[6]
In 2007 the girls soccer team became the first Group 2 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 1 state title. Coach Steve Racine said it was a "Once in a generation accomplishment". He was proven wrong in 2008 when the Colts shared the county title with West Morris high school.
The girls basketball team won the 2007 North 1 Group I sectional championship with a 48-37 win over Butler High School.[7]
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.[8] The win was the team's first ever state championship.[9]
Core members of the school's administration are:[10]