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North Arlington High School
Address
Map
222 Ridge Road

North Arlington
,
New Jersey
07031

United States
Coordinates40°47′20″N 74°07′58″W / 40.788921°N 74.132834°W / 40.788921; -74.132834
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoPride, Loyalty, Desire
School districtNorth Arlington School District
NCES School ID341143000636[1]
PrincipalPatrick D. Bott[2]
Teaching staff47.00 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment495 (2017-2018)[1]
Student to teacher ratio10.53[1]
Color(s)Royal Blue and White   [3]
Athletics conferenceNorth Jersey Interscholastic Conference
NicknameVikings[3]
Websitewww.navikings.org/hs

North Arlington High School is a public high school in North Arlington, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the North Arlington School District.

As of the 2017-18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 495 students and 47.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1. There were 70 students (14.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 18 (3.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 196th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[4] The school had been ranked 149th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 141st in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school 198th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 182nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[7]

Athletics

The North Arlington High School Vikings[3] compete as a member of Meadowlands Division A of the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, a league that includes small high schools in the northeast part of New Jersey, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[8] With 363 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015–16 school year as North II, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 73 to 487 students in that grade range.[9] Prior to the realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, North Arlington was a part of the Bergen County Scholastic League's National division.[10]

The school participates in joint wrestling and boys' and girls' swimming programs with Lyndhurst High School as the host school / lead agency, under an agreement that expires at the end of the 2018–19 school year.[11]

The school's nickname is the Vikings, and the school colors are royal blue and white.[3] The school's athletic rivals are Lyndhurst High School and Harrison High School. The school offers many boys' and girls' athletic programs that include:[3]

  • Fall: volleyball, football, boys' and girls' soccer, cheerleading, cross country,1 marching band
  • Winter: boys' and girls' basketball, cheerleading, boys’ and girls’ bowling, hockey(co-op with Kearny), swimming,1 wrestling1
  • Spring: baseball, golf, softball, rowing crew, and boys' and girls' track

Note:

^1 combined with Lyndhurst High School

The boys' basketball team won the Group I state championship in 1953 (defeating Riverside High School in the tournament final), 1956 (vs. Bordentown Regional High School) and 1957 (vs. Wildwood High School).[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Search for Public Schools - North Arlington High School (341143000636)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "Principal's Message". North Arlington High School. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e North Arlington High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed April 24, 2016.
  4. ^ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  5. ^ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 2, 2012.
  6. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 20, 2011.
  7. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  8. ^ League & Conference Affiliations 2016-2017 Archived 2012-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  9. ^ General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of July 8, 2014. Accessed November 22, 2014.
  10. ^ New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association League Memberships – 2009-2010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 24, 2011. Accessed November 22, 2014.
  11. ^ NJSIAA 2017 - 2019 Co-Operative Sports Programs[permanent dead link], New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  12. ^ Public Past State Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 4, 2017.

External links

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