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Spotswood High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade in Spotswood, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Spotswood Public Schools. As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 760 students and 66.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.52:1. There were 68 students (8.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 45 (5.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for Spotswood High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 29, 2015.〕 Students from Milltown also attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Milltown Public Schools.〔(Milltown Fact Sheet ), Joyce Kilmer School. Accessed March 25, 2011. "Through a formal send–receive contract, approved by the Commissioner of Education, our high school students are sent on a tuition basis to Spotswood High School. Our 2010–2011 budget of $14.7 million supports Parkview School and Joyce Kilmer School, as well as the tuition for students attending Spotswood High School."〕 Students from Helmetta, a non-operating district, attend school in Spotswood beginning in grammar school.〔(Parents ), Spotswood High School. Accessed March 25, 2011. "Welcome to Spotswood High School, a comprehensive institution that focuses on excellence in academics, the arts, athletics, and community service. Spotswood High School has served the residents in Spotswood, Helmetta, and Milltown since 1976."〕 ==Awards, recognition and rankings== During the 1992-93 school year, Spotswood High School was awarded the 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 10 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."〕 The school was the 159th-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 102nd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 105th 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 126th in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed March 25, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 183rd 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 80th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 17 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (89.8%) and language arts literacy (95.8%) 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 March 1, 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「Spotswood 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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