Middlesex High School (MHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the center of Middlesex, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Middlesex Board of Education. The school is surrounded by Mountain View Park and all its athletic complexes, including Memorial Field.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 648 students and 57.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâ€"teacher ratio of 11.2:1. There were 135 students (20.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 44 (6.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 177th-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. The school had been ranked 155th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 183rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 169th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 148th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 158th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 3 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (83.6%) and language arts literacy (92.4%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
Athletics
The Middlesex High School Blue Jays compete in the Greater Middlesex Conference, which includes public and private high schools located in the greater Middlesex County area and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 467 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as Central Jersey, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 12 to 467 students in that grade range.
The school participates in a cooperative wrestling program with Middlesex High School as the lead agency / host school, under an agreement that expires at the end of the 2016-17 school year.
The football team won the NJSIAA state championship Central Jersey Group II in 1974, then in Central Jersey Group I in 1981, 1982 and 1984.
The baseball team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional championship in 1982, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2007 (in a 13-3 win over Metuchen High School) and again in 2013 (with a 4-0 win over Shore Regional High School). The team won the New Jersey State Group I championship in 1990 vs. New Providence High School and again in 2007 (with a 14-12 win over Hoboken High School) and in 2013 (defeating Pompton Lakes High School by a 9-5 score). The team won the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament (GMCT) Championship in 2012, with a 10-4 win over Sayreville High School.
The boys' wrestling team won the Central Jersey Group I state championships in 1985 and 1986.
The softball team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional titles from 2001 through 2004. Won the New Jersey State Group I Championship in 2004. Enrollment made them a CJG2 team in 2005 but they were able to capture the GMC title. It won the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament (GMCT) championship in 2005.
The boys tennis team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional title in 2003, and in 2007 with a 3-2 win vs. Florence Township Memorial High School.
The boys' basketball team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional title in 1994.
The boys cross country team won the Mountain Valley Conference championship in 1982, 1983, 1989, 1991, and 1992.
Girls Track two-time GMC division champs (2010-2012)
- 1st Place Medium Varsity 2005 Del Val Invitational
- 1st Place Medium Varsity 2005 UCA Regional
- 1st Place Medium Varsity 2006 UCA Garden State Open
Coaches
- Cross Country - Trevor Powers.
- Football - Peter Jankowicz.
- Football Cheerleading - Lee-Ann Lissy
- Baseball - Mike O'Donnell.
- Softball - Megg Reilly.
- Girls Tennis - Bill Hottensen.
- Boys Tennis - Bill Hottensen.
- Boys Soccer - Keith Murray.
- Girls Soccer - Tim Morris.
- Boys Basketball - Jared Goldstein.
- Girls Basketball - Tom Hintleman.
- Basketball/Competitive Cheerleading - Lee-Ann Lissy.
- Golf - Mike Hayes
- Wrestling - Pat Appello.
- Girls Track - Darren Lewis.
Clubs
- FBLA-PBL
- Key Club
- Harry Potter
- Pride
- Spanish
- French
- Anime
- Mock trial
- Chess
- Model United Nations
- Youth and Government
- Academic Tournament
- Peer Leadership
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
- Joseph Sabato â€" Principal
- Scott Walsh â€" Assistant Principal
Notable alumni
- Charlie Weis (born 1956), Kansas Jayhawks Head Football Coach.
References
External links
- Middlesex High School web pages
- Middlesex Borough Public Schools
- Middlesex Board of Education's 2015â€"16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the Middlesex Board of Education, National Center for Education Statistics