Hightstown High School

Hightstown High School
Main entrance of the school
Address
Map
25 Leshin Lane

, ,
08520

United States
Coordinates40°15′40″N 74°31′52″W / 40.261°N 74.531°W / 40.261; -74.531
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1913
School districtEast Windsor Regional School District
NCES School ID340432003054[2]
PrincipalDennis M. Vinson Jr.[1]
Faculty128.0 FTEs[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,644 (as of 2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio12.8:1[2]
Color(s)  Blue and
  white[3]
Athletics conferenceColonial Valley Conference (general)
West Jersey Football League (football)
Team nameRams[3]
PublicationThe Ram Page
Websitehhs.ewrsd.org

Hightstown High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades comprised of three communities in Mercer County and Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the East Windsor Regional School District. Students come from East Windsor and Hightstown, both in Mercer County. Students from Roosevelt (a community in western Monmouth County) attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Roosevelt Public School District.[4]

The school is approved by the New Jersey Department of Education and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.[5]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,644 students and 128.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1. There were 445 students (27.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 154 (9.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Administration was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e School data for Hightstown 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. ^ East Windsor Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived August 4, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 3, 2017. "The East Windsor Regional School District, located in central New Jersey at New Jersey Turnpike Exit 8, is a stable K-12 public school district serving the communities of the East Windsor Township and the Borough of Hightstown as well as Roosevelt Borough students' grades 7 through 12."
  5. ^ About Us, Hightstown High School. Accessed December 3, 2019. "Hightstown High School is a comprehensive four-year high school serving the Borough of Hightstown, East Windsor Township and the town of Roosevelt with a student body of approximately 1300 students. The Hightstown High School building was first occupied during the 1965-1966 school year with additions being completed in 1973, 1982 and 2005. The High School is approved by the State of New Jersey and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools."