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Vernon Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Vernon Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. The school opened in 1975 and serves students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Vernon Township School District. The school has gone through expansions over the years including a new wing with several classrooms; the gymnasium was doubled in size. In April 2007, renovations were started on the auditorium and outdoor fields. As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,212 students and 105.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.50:1. There were 122 students (10.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 61 (5.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for Vernon Township High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 30, 2015.〕 Since the 2010–11 year, the school has offered a parent-student portal. This lets parents and students access grades online any time they want. It also shows attendance and where a student stands academically.〔(Home page ), Vernon Township High School. Accessed September 3, 2012.〕 ==Awards, recognition and rankings== Peggy Stewart was recognized by the New Jersey Department of Education as the New Jersey Teacher of the Year for the 2004-05 school year. Stewart, a history, social studies and enrichment teacher, has been on the faculty of Vernon Township High School since 1991.〔(Sussex County Educator Named 2004-05 New Jersey Teacher of the Year ), New Jersey Department of Education press release dated October 6, 2004. Accessed March 4, 2008.〕 The school was the 134th-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 108th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 152nd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.〔Staff. ("The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2012. Accessed September 3, 2012.〕 The magazine ranked the school 156th in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed February 26, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 124th 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 162nd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase 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 (80.5%) and language arts literacy (94.6%) 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 6, 2012.〕 In the 2013-14 school year, Vernon Township High School ranked fourth in Sussex County out of nine other public high schools in SAT scores.〔http://www.state.nj.us/education/pr/1314/37/375360020.pdf〕 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「Vernon Township High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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