| Perth Amboy High School | |
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929 Convery Boulevard , , 08861 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°31′24″N 74°16′11″W / 40.523323°N 74.269857°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1881 |
| School district | Perth Amboy Public Schools |
| NCES School ID | 341293003530[1] |
| Principal | Keith Guarino (10-12) Karla Garcia (Freshman Academy and Personalized Learning Program) |
| Faculty | 187.3 FTEs[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,658 (as of 2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.2:1[1] |
| Color(s) | Red and white[2] |
| Athletics conference | Greater Middlesex Conference (general) Big Central Football Conference (football) |
| Team name | Panthers[2] |
| Rival | Carteret High School |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[4] |
| Newspaper | Pawprints[3] |
| Website | www |
Perth Amboy High School (or PAHS) is a four-year comprehensive community public high school which serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Perth Amboy in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Perth Amboy Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1928.[4]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,658 students and 187.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.2:1. There were 1,819 students (68.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 259 (9.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1] Based on 2021-22 data from the New Jersey Department of Education, it was the eighth-largest high school in the state and one of 29 schools with more than 2,000 students.[5]
Perth Amboy High School opened a new 590,000 square feet (55,000 m2) facility in September 2024 that was designed to handle 3,300 students and was constructed at a cost of $283 million by the New Jersey Schools Development Authority, which paid for all but the $3.3 million covered by the school district. The new building replaced a previous facility completed in 1971 that was operating in excess of capacity.[6] The school building constructed in 1971 replaced an earlier building that opened in 1881. The 1971 building was originally built to accommodate 1,600 students, resulting in overcrowding with nearly 50% more students attending the school than the design capacity. Perth Amboy High School is the only public high school in the city other than the Perth Amboy campus of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools. The school mascot is a panther.[2]
- ^ a b c d e School data for Perth Amboy High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
NJSIAAprofilewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Student Newspaper, Perth Amboy High School. Accessed June 1, 2022.
- ^ a b Perth Amboy High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed April 29, 2020.
- ^ Kausch, Katie. "N.J.’s biggest high school has 3,350 students. See how your school compares.", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 31, 2023. Accessed August 31, 2023. "Another 28 New Jersey schools have at least 2,000 students, according to 2021-2022 enrollment data released by the state Department of Education.... 8. Perth Amboy High School Number of students: 2,604"
- ^ Jennings, Rob. "N.J. is opening one of its most massive high schools ever. Here’s a sneak peek inside.", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 28, 2024. Accessed September 5, 2024. "The sprawling new Perth Amboy High School is the largest high school construction project ever funded by the New Jersey Schools Development Authority, state officials said. It will enroll approximately 3,300 students, making it one of the largest high schools in New Jersey and larger than some of the state’s colleges. The construction of the new building was approved in 2016 due to overcrowding at the now-former Perth Amboy High School, which opened in 1971 on Eagle Avenue, just over a mile from the new school’s location on Convery Boulevard. It cost $283.8 million to build the three-story, 590,000-square-foot high school, state officials said. The state's Schools Development Authority picked up the tab for all but $3.3 million of the construction, which was covered by the school district, a spokesperson said."