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:''For other schools named Brunswick High School see Brunswick High School (disambiguation).'' South Brunswick High School (SBHS) is a comprehensive community public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades at the school located in the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the South Brunswick Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1965.〔(South Brunswick 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 29, 2015.〕 As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,851 students and 189.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.08:1. There were 197 students (6.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 109 (3.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for South Brunswick High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 29, 2015.〕 The South Brunswick High School was first established in 1960 (now Crossroads South Middle School) at the corner of Major Road and Kingston Lane and celebrated its "50th birthday" in 2010. The current building/location was built in 1997 at the corner of Stouts Lane and Ridge Road due to overcrowding issues and the "annex" which is connected by a two-level indoor bridge on levels 2 and 3 was all built in 2003/2004, on the side of Stouts Lane. ==Awards, recognition and rankings== For the 1990-91 school year, South Brunswick High School received the National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.〔(Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF) ), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.〕 For the 2000-01 school year, South Brunswick High School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.〔(New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient detail 2000-01 school year, South Brunswick High School ), accessed May 25, 2006.〕 In the 2010-11 school year, the South Brunswick High School was named the New Jersey School of Character, was ranked in the top 50 in the country and was selected as a final four finalist for being named the National School of Character of the 2010-11 school year.〔Timmis, Patrick. ("St. John’s alum leads New Jersey school to national award" ), ''Toledo Free Press'', May 30, 2011. Accessed August 20, 2011. "The school, located in Monmouth Junction, won a National School of Character award this year from the Character Education Partnership based in Washington, D.C.The National School of Character award recognizes select schools for their “outstanding character development of students,” according to the Character Education Partnership’s website. South Brunswick was one of three high schools in the nation to receive the award."〕 The school was the 53rd-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 138th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 89th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.〔Staff. ("The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2012. Accessed September 7, 2012.〕 The magazine ranked the school 74th in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed May 31, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 75th 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 118th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 31 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (84.7%) and language arts literacy (96.6%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).〔(School Overview; Click on "Rankings" for 2003-11 HSPA results ), Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 12, 2012.〕 In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by ''The Washington Post'', the school was ranked 40th in New Jersey and 1,333rd nationwide.〔Mathews, Jay. ("The High School Challenge 2011: South Brunswick High School" ), ''The Washington Post''. Accessed September 8, 2011.〕 In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", ''The Daily Beast'' ranked the school 649th in the nation among participating public high schools and 51st among schools in New Jersey.〔Streib, Lauren. ("America's Best High Schools" ), ''The Daily Beast'', May 6, 2013. Accessed May 9, 2013.〕 In the 2012 list of "America's Best High Schools", ranked by ''Newsweek'', South Brunswick High School was ranked 683rd in the nation and 54th in the state, with criteria for ranking include graduation rate, AP/IB/AICE exams taken per student, average SAT/ACT scores and college matriculation rate.〔Staff. ("America's Best High Schools 2012" ), ''Newsweek'', May 20, 2012. 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