District Goals for
2011-2012 School Year |
- By June 2012, all curriculums will be aligned to new State Core Content Standards.
- By June 2012, the district will explore uses of its technology resources in order to increase the efficiency of its procedures at the school and district levels.
- By June 2013, students’ SAT scores and the number of students achieving Advanced Proficiency on the HSPA will increase by 5 percent.
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Our district is comprised of North Hunterdon High School located in Annandale, NJ and Voorhees High School in Glen Gardner, NJ. All together we educate about 3,000 students from 12 different municipalities. We also have the largest Board of Education in the state with 13 members, who each have a weighted vote.
Our high schools are nationally ranked amongst the best public high schools in the country and we are currently in the top 40 high schools in the state of New Jersey. North Hunterdon High School was selected as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 2001 by the U.S. Department of Education.
We strive to provide our students with every opportunity to succeed through our diverse and rigorous curriculum, which includes vocational courses at nearby Hunterdon County Polytech, our numerous student activities, and our highly successful athletic program.
KEY FACTS ABOUT THE DISTRICT
- Our district covers approximately 178 square miles of northern Hunterdon County, NJ. We border Morris, Somerset, and Warren Counties. We are one of the largest school districts in the state in terms of area.
- Our district consists of 12 municipalities:
- North Hunterdon High School educates students from:
- Bethlehem Township
- Clinton Town
- Clinton Township
- Franklin Township
- Lebanon Borough
- Union Township
- Voorhees High School educates students from:
- Califon
- Glen Gardner
- Hampton
- High Bridge
- Lebanon Township
- Tewksbury Township
- We employ over 500 full time staff with over 50% of our faculty having Master’s degrees in their field
- 98.7% of the North Hunterdon Class of 2010 and 89% of the Voorhees Class of 2010 have indicated they will be attending 2 or 4 year colleges or other secondary school
- Over 70% of our students participate in athletics and about 60% are involved in student organizations
- Student to faculty ratio* is 11.2 to 1 at North Hunterdon and 9.5 to 1 at Voorhees
- Student to Administrator ratio* is 182 to 1 at North Hunterdon and 115.5 at Voorhees
- Student to computer ratio* is 2.9 to 1 at North Hunterdon and 2 to 1 at Voorhees
- Our high schools are the cornerstone of the community with over 100 groups using our facilities throughout the year
* Data from NJDOE School Report Card for 2009-2010 school year, which can be viewed at http://education.state.nj.us/rc/.
