Phillipsburg High School (New Jersey)
High school in Warren County, New Jersey, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phillipsburg High School is a comprehensive, four-year public high school located in Phillipsburg, in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Because of the town's proximity to the border between New Jersey and Pennsylvania the school's nickname is the "Stateliners." The school was first established in 1871.[6] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 2000.[4]
Phillipsburg High School | |
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Address | |
1 Stateliner Boulevard , , 08865 United States | |
Coordinates | 40.713731°N 75.183139°W / 40.713731; -75.183139 |
Information | |
Type | Public high school |
Established | 1871 |
School district | Phillipsburg School District |
NCES School ID | 341296005852[1] |
Principal | Kyle Rovi |
Faculty | 136.5 FTEs[1] |
Grades | 9th–12th |
Enrollment | 1,794 (as of 2022–23)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.1:1[1] |
Campus type | Rural: Fringe |
Color(s) | Garnet and Gray [2] |
Athletics conference | Skyland Conference (general) Big Central Football Conference (football) |
Mascot | Suzy Stateliner[3] |
Team name | Stateliners[2] |
Rival | Easton Area High School |
Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[4] |
Newspaper | Karux[5] |
Yearbook | Karux[5] |
Website | phs |
The school is part of the Phillipsburg School District, one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke[7] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[8][9] The district serves students from Phillipsburg and from five other municipalities: Alpha, Bloomsbury (in Hunterdon County), Greenwich Township, Lopatcong Township and Pohatcong Township, who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships.[10][11][12]
The site of the new Phillipsburg High School, which began construction in January 2014, is in Lopatcong Township. The three-story, 330,000-square-foot (31,000 m2) building, with more than double the floor space of the existing high school and a capacity to accommodate more than 2,100 students, was completed for the 2016–17 school year and was dedicated in September 2016 at ceremonies attended by Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie.[13][14] Phillipsburg High School's enrollment had been in excess of the school's capacity. To compensate for this, the Phillipsburg School District purchased or leased 31 trailers.
As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,794 students and 136.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1. There were 500 students (27.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 74 (4.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]