Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School

Rumson-Fair Haven
Regional High School
Address
74 Ridge Road
Rumson
, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 07760
United States
Coordinates40°22′08″N 74°00′07″W / 40.369°N 74.002°W / 40.369; -74.002
District information
Grades9–12
SuperintendentPeter Righi (interim)[1]
Business administratorSean Cranston[1]
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment876 (as of 2022–23)[2]
Faculty83.8 FTEs[2]
Student–teacher ratio10.5:1[2]
Other information
District Factor GroupJ
WebsiteOfficial website
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 9–12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,52125$18,8918.6%
1Budgetary Cost16,5622815,5926.2%
2Classroom Instruction8,915238,8071.2%
6Support Services3,054412,29433.1%
8Administrative Cost1,743311,5929.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,761141,954−9.9%
13Extracurricular Activities1,0853687324.3%
16Median Teacher Salary60,719871,726
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[3]
*Of 9–12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47
Rumson-Fair Haven
Regional High School
Location
Map
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1936; 88 years ago (1936)
School districtRumson-Fair Haven Regional School District
NCES School ID341440004094[2]
PrincipalStephen Sarles[1]
Faculty83.8 FTEs[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment876 (as of 2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio10.5:1[2]
Color(s)   Purple and white[4]
Athletics conferenceShore Conference[4][5]
Team nameBulldogs[4]
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[6]

The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (often abbreviated RFH) is a regional, four-year comprehensive public high school and school district, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from the suburban communities of Fair Haven and Rumson, which are situated on a peninsula bounded by the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers and the Atlantic Ocean, in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[7][8] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1940.[6] The high school is the lone facility of the Rumson-Fair Haven High School District.[9][10][11]

Rumson-Fair Haven High School receives students from two middle schools, Forrestdale Middle School of the Rumson School District and Knollwood School of the Fair Haven Public Schools, as well as from private schools, including Rumson Country Day School and Holy Cross School.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 876 students and 83.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1. There were 3 students (0.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none listed as eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[12]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Admin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h School data for Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  3. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Shore was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b Rumson-Fair Haven High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed January 11, 2022.
  7. ^ Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 – Identification, Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School. Accessed April 30, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional School District. Composition: The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Rumson and the Borough of Fair Haven."
  8. ^ Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 2, 2016. "The boroughs of Rumson and Fair Haven are residential communities zoned principally for single family dwellings. These adjacent communities are located in Northern Monmouth County, within forty miles of New York City and within a mile of the Atlantic Ocean."
  9. ^ County School List N-R, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024.
  10. ^ School Performance Reports for the Rumson-Fair Haven High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  11. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Rumson-Fair Haven High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  12. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.