Boonton High School

Boonton High School
Address
Map
306 Lathrop Avenue

Boonton
,
Morris County
,
New Jersey
07005

United States
Coordinates40°54′08″N 74°24′19″W / 40.902137°N 74.405216°W / 40.902137; -74.405216
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoA World Class Education for Tomorrow's Leaders
Established1875[1]
School districtBoonton Public Schools
NCES School ID340195004154[2]
PrincipalJason Klebez
Faculty61.6 FTEs[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment662 (as of 2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio10.8:1[2]
Color(s)  Black
  Red[3][4]
Athletics conferenceNorthwest Jersey Athletic Conference (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team nameBombers[3]
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[6]
NewspaperWampus[5]
Websitewww.boontonschools.org/boontonhighschool

Boonton High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Boonton, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Boonton Public Schools. The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools until July 2029 and has been accredited since 1928.[6]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 662 students and 61.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1. There were 145 students (21.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 37 (5.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

The high school serves students from Boonton and approximately 300 students from Lincoln Park, who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Lincoln Park Public Schools.[7][8] The two districts had sought to sever the more-than-50-year-old relationship, citing cost savings that could be achieved by both districts and complaints by Lincoln Park that it is granted only one seat on the Boonton Public Schools' Board of Education. In April 2006, the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education rejected the request.[9]

  1. ^ Hatala, Greg. "Glimpse of History: Well-dressed graduates in Boonton", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 22, 2015, updated March 29, 2019. Accessed February 16, 2022. "The Boonton Historical Society and Museum notes that the high school was founded in 1875, only eight years after Boonton was officially incorporated as a town."
  2. ^ a b c d e School data for Boonton High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Boonton Football, MaxPreps. Accessed September 10, 2017.
  5. ^ About Us, Wampus Newspaper. Accessed February 16, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Boonton High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 22, 2022.
  7. ^ Boonton High 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 26, 2017. "Boonton High School, located in Morris County, New Jersey serves approximately 600 students in grades 9-12 and is comprised oftwo municipalities; the towns of Boonton and Lincoln Park."
  8. ^ Lincoln Park School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 26, 2017. "Lincoln Park participates in a sending-receiving relationship with Boonton High School, which offers a comprehensive educational program for children in grades 9 through 12. The Lincoln Park School District sends approximately 290 students to Boonton High School. Approximately 70 high school age students attend The Academies of Morris County. "
  9. ^ Commissioner of Education Decision, New Jersey Department of Education, April 25, 2006. Accessed March 21, 2011.