Asbury Park High School

Asbury Park High School
Address
Map
1003 Sunset Avenue

Asbury Park
,
Monmouth County
,
New Jersey
07712

United States
Coordinates40°13′40″N 74°00′48″W / 40.227847°N 74.013208°W / 40.227847; -74.013208
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoBuilding a Brighter Future
Established1926
School districtAsbury Park Public Schools
NCES School ID340093003732[2]
PrincipalPerry Medina[1]
Faculty50.0 FTEs[2]
Grades7-12
Enrollment607 (as of 2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio12.1:1[2]
Color(s)  Columbia Blue and
  Black[3]
Athletics conferenceShore Conference[4]
Team nameBishops[3]
RivalsNeptune HS[5][6]
Long Branch HS[7]
Websiteaphs.asburypark.k12.nj.us

Asbury Park High School is a comprehensive, community public high school serving students in seventh through twelfth grades. It is in a landmark building in Asbury Park, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that was constructed during the New Deal as a model high school campus. It is part of the Asbury Park Public Schools, an Abbott District[8] serving children in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The current school building opened to students in September 1926.[9]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 607 students and 50.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1. There were 278 students (45.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

As part of a reconfiguration of district schools announced in July 2019, students in grades 7 and 8 began attending classes in the high school in September 2020.[10][11]

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.[12]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Principal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e School data for Asbury Park High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
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  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Shore was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Stump, Scott. "After horrible tragedy, Jaashawn Jones keeps his NFL dream alive", Sports Illustrated, April 24, 2012. Accessed June 12, 2012. "While Young starred as a running back at a high school one county away and Curry played for Asbury Park's longtime rival, Neptune High, Jones attended tiny Academy Charter, a school of 140 students two towns over in Lake Como."
  6. ^ Staff. "Thanksgiving Day football was a memorable rivalry", Asbury Park Press, September 20, 2003. Accessed June 12, 2012. "I am wondering how many Asbury Park residents remember the annual Thanksgiving Day rivalry between the Asbury Park High School and Neptune High football teams."
  7. ^ Stump, Scott. "Golden Age: Fifty years ago, Asbury Park's undefeated football team made being No. 1 in New Jersey look easy", Asbury Park Press, October 25, 2003. Accessed June 12, 2012. "The most pressing question by the middle of 1953 was how Asbury Park would fare in its game with Long Branch, its main rival in those days."
  8. ^ Abbott School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 15, 2016.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT1926 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Strupp, Joe. "Asbury Park Schools shake-up would close one school, expand high school grades", Asbury Park Press, July 8, 2019. Accessed July 9, 2020. "A major school shake-up is being proposed by the Asbury Park School District that would mean fewer elementary schools and more grades in the high school, officials announced. The move is aimed at offsetting a sharp state aid reduction and expected future cutbacks from Trenton, along with ongoing enrollment declines.... Martin Luther King Middle School would switch from sixth grade to eighth grade and become fourth grade to sixth grade. Asbury Park High School would then become seventh grade to 12th Grade 12th grade."
  11. ^ "Message from the Superintendent’s Office", Blue Bishops Bulletin, Spring 2020.Accessed July 11, 2020. "Effective September 2020, we will undergo a building realignment where all Pre-K to 3 students will attend Bradley and Thurgood Marshall Elementary Schools; the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School will house grades 4 to 6, and be reclassified as an upper elementary school; and the Asbury Park High School will be home to grades 7 to 12."
  12. ^ Cheslow, Jerry. "Living In/Belmar, N.J.; Pushing Back on a Rowdy Reputation", The New York Times, June 20, 2004. Accessed June 12, 2012. "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 1940s."