Raritan High School

Raritan High School
A digital announcement board located near the main entrance of the school.
School sign along Middle Road (CR 516)
Address
Map
419 Middle Road[1]

Hazlet
,
Monmouth County
,
New Jersey
07730

United States
Coordinates40°25′28″N 74°09′11″W / 40.424323°N 74.152997°W / 40.424323; -74.152997
Information
TypeComprehensive public high school
MottoHome of the Rockets
OpenedSeptember 1962
School districtHazlet Township Public Schools
CEEB code310518
NCES School ID341368003826[2]
PrincipalAndrew R. Piotrowski
Faculty72.3 FTEs[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment838 (as of 2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio11.6:1[2]
Color(s)  Green and
  gray[3]
Athletics conferenceShore Conference[3][4]
Team nameRockets[3]
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[5]
NewspaperThe Rocket Review
Websitewww.hazlet.org/o/rhs
Last updated: May 2022

Raritan High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hazlet Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Hazlet Township Public Schools. The school was named after the former community name, Raritan Township, and opened in September 1962 with an enrollment of 778 students, increasing to more than 2,300 students by 1979.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 838 students and 72.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1. There were 102 students (12.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 37 (4.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

Raritan High School is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 2013.[5] The school offers students a comprehensive program of education ranging from an academically oriented, college preparatory curriculum to courses in the vocational and career oriented field.

In May 2010, the Hazlet Township Board of Education embarked on a trial of "Going green to save green" by agreeing to enter into a power purchase agreement with a third-party vendor. Under this agreement, solar panels are to be erected on awnings over the student parking lot at Raritan High School and on the rooftop of Hazlet Middle School. The $7.5 million project will be funded by the vendor to cover the costs of construction and maintenance in their entirety and in return the Hazlet school district has contractually agreed to purchase the electricity at a below market cost. The district expects to save $1.7 million in energy costs over the next 15 years.[6]

  1. ^ Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Raritan High School, United States Geological Survey. Accessed December 31, 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d e School data for Raritan High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Shore was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Raritan High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed May 9, 2022.
  6. ^ "Hazlet Township School District Goes Green to Save Green" Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed January 17, 2010.