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John F. Kennedy Memorial High School (J.F.K.) is one of three four-year comprehensive public high schools that serve students in ninth through twelfth grades from Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Woodbridge Township School District. The other two high schools in the district are Colonia High School and Woodbridge High School. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1968.〔(John F. Kennedy Memorial High School ), Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools, backed up by the Internet archive as of April 14, 2012. Accessed March 26, 2015.〕 What was to be named Iselin High School was constructed for the 1964-65 school year to alleviate overcrowding in the district's high schools that had 5,600 students in double sessions during the 1962-63 school year.〔Staff. ("Middlesex; More Crowding Expected" ), ''The New York Times'', September 3, 1963. Accessed July 6, 2012.〕 After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, the Board of Education voted to change the name of the school from Iselin High School to John F. Kennedy Memorial High School at their meeting on November 26, 1963. The school opened in September 1964.〔via Associated Press. ("List Of Memorials To JFK Still Grows" ), ''Eugene Register-Guard'', February 6, 1964. accessed July 5, 2012. "Iselin, N.J. - New high school to open next September will be called John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial High School."〕 J.F.K., like the other two high schools in the district, uses block scheduling, instead of the conventional eight periods a day. As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,408 students and 113.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.41:1. There were 340 students (24.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 133 (9.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for John F. Kennedy High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 26, 2015.〕 ==Awards, recognition and rankings== The school was the 129th-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.〔Staff. ("Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.〕 The school had been ranked 132nd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 146th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.〔Staff. ("The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2012. Accessed August 28, 2012.〕 The magazine ranked the school 171st in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed September 7, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 142nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.〔("Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.〕 Schooldigger.com ranked the school 63rd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 5 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (91.2%) and language arts literacy (96.4%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).〔(New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011 ), Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 27, 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John F. Kennedy Memorial High School (New Jersey)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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