Dunellen High School
Encyclopedia
Dunellen High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Dunellen
in Middlesex County
, New Jersey
, United States
, as part of the Dunellen Public Schools
.
As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 318 students and 21 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.1.
The school was the 166th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly
magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 147th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
, made up of public and private high schools
located in the greater Middlesex County area. Dunellen is placed in the Gold Division for Football. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
.
Boys' soccer and wrestling operate on a cooperative basis with Middlesex High School
, with Middlesex as the host school, and Dunellen’s athletes traveling to participate with the Middlesex-based teams.
In addition to athletics, Dunellen has a wide variety of other activities to choose from. Students are offered to be a part of Biology Club, Darfur Club, Diversity Club, Concert Band, Marching Band, National Art Honor's Society, Spring Musicals, Fall Plays, French Club and Spanish Club. The list of activities still continues to grow.
Dunellen, New Jersey
Dunellen is a Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the borough population was 6,823.Dunellen was formed as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on October 28, 1887, when it broke away from Piscataway Township, based on the results...
in Middlesex County
Middlesex County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 750,162 people, 265,815 households, and 190,855 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,422 people per square mile . There were 273,637 housing units at an average density of 884 per square mile...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States
United States
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, as part of the Dunellen Public Schools
Dunellen Public Schools
The Dunellen Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Dunellen, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States....
.
As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 318 students and 21 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.1.
The school was the 166th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of possible interest to residents of the United States state of New Jersey...
magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 147th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
The Dunellen High School Destroyers compete in the Greater Middlesex ConferenceGreater Middlesex Conference
The Greater Middlesex Conference is an athletic conference comprising 33 public and private high schools located in the greater Middlesex County, New Jersey area. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.-Gold Division:-Blue...
, made up of public and private high schools
Secondary education in the United States
In most jurisdictions, secondary education in the United States refers to the last six or seven years of statutory formal education. Secondary education is generally split between junior high school or middle school, usually beginning with sixth or seventh grade , and high school, beginning with...
located in the greater Middlesex County area. Dunellen is placed in the Gold Division for Football. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association is an association of hundreds of New Jersey high schools that regulates high school athletics and holds tournaments and crowns champions in high school sports.-State championships:...
.
Boys' soccer and wrestling operate on a cooperative basis with Middlesex High School
Middlesex High School
Middlesex High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the center of Middlesex, Middlesex County, New Jersey. It is part of the Middlesex Board of Education...
, with Middlesex as the host school, and Dunellen’s athletes traveling to participate with the Middlesex-based teams.
In addition to athletics, Dunellen has a wide variety of other activities to choose from. Students are offered to be a part of Biology Club, Darfur Club, Diversity Club, Concert Band, Marching Band, National Art Honor's Society, Spring Musicals, Fall Plays, French Club and Spanish Club. The list of activities still continues to grow.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:- Gene Mosley, Principal
- Paul Lynch, Assistant Principal
External links
- Dunellen High School
- Dunellen Public Schools
- Data for the Dunellen Public Schools, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...