| Pompton Lakes High School | |
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 PLHS on Commencement Day, 2008 | |
| Address | |
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44 Lakeside Avenue , , 07442 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°00′17″N 74°17′24″W / 41.004822°N 74.289902°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | "Pride and Tradition" |
| Established | 1933 |
| School district | Pompton Lakes School District |
| NCES School ID | 341335004930[1] |
| Principal | Scott Wisniewski |
| Faculty | 51.9 FTEs[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 641 (as of 2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.4:1[1] |
| Color(s) | Red and white[2] |
| Athletics conference | North Jersey Interscholastic Conference |
| Team name | Cardinals[2] |
| Publication | Impact (literary magazine)[3] |
| Yearbook | Pioneer[3] |
| Website | plhs |
Pompton Lakes High School (PLHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the borough of Pompton Lakes in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Pompton Lakes School District. The school serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Pompton Lakes and Riverdale, in neighboring Morris County, whose students attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[4][5][6][7] The high school is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.
As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 641 students and 51.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1. There were 77 students (12.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 23 (3.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
The school mascot is the Cardinal.[2]
- ^ a b c d e School data for Pompton Lakes High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
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Clubswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Pompton Lakes High School 2016-17 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 20, 2018. "Part of the #1 safest district in the state and #4 safest district in America as ranked by niche.com, PLHS serves both the boroughs of Pompton Lakes and Riverdale. PLHS also hosts some students from other neighboring towns through the state's Interdistrict Public School Choice Program as well as the school's reputable life skills program for students with autism and other disabilities."
- ^ Home Page, Pompton Lakes School District. Accessed October 21, 2024. "The Pompton Lakes schools serve over 1700 students in grades K-12. We have two elementary schools, a middle and a high school. Pompton Lakes enjoys a sending-receiving relationship with the borough of Riverdale; these students attend Pompton Lakes High School."
- ^ Pompton Lakes Information and Reference Calendar '07-'08, Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. Accessed November 23, 2014. "Pompton Lakes High School initially received students from Oakland, Wayne and Midland Park. Currently, there is a receiving district relationship between Pompton Lakes and Riverdale students."
- ^ Laplaca, Bryan. "Back in the Day: Saddened by Pompton/Riverdale rift", Suburban Trends, July 18, 2010. Accessed May 24, 2011. "Tensions between Riverdale and Pompton Lakes concerning their sending/receiving contract for Pompton Lakes High School are nothing new."