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Montgomery High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the Skillman area of Montgomery Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Montgomery Township School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1976.〔(Montgomery High School ), Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed January 17, 2012.〕 As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,722 students and 125.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.7:1. There were 53 students (3.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 14 (0.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for Montgomery High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 18, 2015.〕 The district's District Factor Group ranking of "J" indicate that the school serves students of relatively high socioeconomic status.〔(District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 14, 2014.〕 ==Awards, recognition and rankings== For the 1992-93 school year, Montgomery High School was awarded the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,〔(Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF) ), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.〕 the highest award an American school can receive.〔"CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department", ''Journal Inquirer'', November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 90 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."〕〔"Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test" ''The Washington Post''. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."〕 In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by ''The Washington Post'', the school was ranked 13th in New Jersey and 636th nationwide.〔Mathews, Jay. ("The High School Challenge 2011: Montgomery High School" ), ''The Washington Post''. Accessed July 24, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 643rd nationwide, the 18th-highest in New Jersey, in ''Newsweek'' magazine's 2010 rankings of America's Best High Schools.〔Staff. ("America's Best High Schools: The List" ), ''Newsweek'', June 13, 2010. Accessed March 27, 2011.〕 In ''Newsweek's'' May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Montgomery High School was listed in 656th place, the 13th-highest ranked school in New Jersey .〔("The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools" ), ''Newsweek'', May 22, 2007. Accessed May 24, 2007. 〕 The school was the 33rd-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 61st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 10th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.〔Staff. ("The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2012. Accessed September 19, 2012.〕 The magazine ranked the school 16th in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed March 26, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 4th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 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 39th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 7 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (93.3%) and language arts literacy (98.1%) 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 26, 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「Montgomery 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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