Somerville High School (New Jersey)

Somerville High School
Address
Map
222 Davenport Street

Somerville
,
Somerset County
,
New Jersey
08876

United States
Coordinates40°34′41″N 74°36′47″W / 40.577989°N 74.613026°W / 40.577989; -74.613026
Information
TypePublic high school
NCES School ID341509005284[1]
PrincipalGerard T. Foley
Faculty94.6 FTEs[1]
Enrollment1,109 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.7:1[1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)  Orange and
  Black[2]
Athletics conferenceSkyland Conference (general)
Big Central Football Conference (football)
Team namePioneers[2]
NewspaperValkyrie[3]
YearbookPioneer[3]
Websitewww.somervilleschools.org/o/shs

Somerville High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Somerville and Branchburg Township in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the secondary school for Somerville Public Schools. Students from Branchburg Township attend Somerville High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Branchburg Township School District.[4][5]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,109 students and 94.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1. There were 137 students (12.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 41 (3.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Advanced Placement (AP) courses (such as AP United States Government and Politics) and the Senior Options Program at Raritan Valley Community College allow students the opportunity to earn college credits while attending high school. AP offerings include AP Biology, AP Calculus (AB/BC), AP Chemistry, AP English Literature and Composition, AP French Language, AP United States Government and Politics, AP Comparative Government and Politics, AP Music Theory, AP Physics, AP Spanish Language and AP United States History.

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Somerville High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Welcome Class of 2026, Somerville High School. Accessed March 6, 2022.
  4. ^ Somerville High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 5, 2017. "Somerville High School"
  5. ^ Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed June 2, 2016. "Branchburg K-8; Grades 9-12 Sent To Somerville"