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West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, also known as WW-P North, is a four-year public comprehensive high school located in Plainsboro Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades. The school joins West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South as the two secondary schools of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, a school district serving students from West Windsor Township (in Mercer County) and Plainsboro Township (in Middlesex County). As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,622 students and 126.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.84:1. There were 48 students (3.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 28 (1.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2015.〕 West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North opened its doors in September 1997 and an addition was added in 2000. The first class to graduate was the Class of 2002. The facility covers and contains all core facilities. The school is located on an tract on Grovers Mill Road in Plainsboro, across from the West Windsor-Plainsboro Community Middle School and the Millstone River Upper Elementary School. The school mascot is the Northern Knight, and the school colors are Royal Blue and Silver, as voted on by the original three graduating classes, the Classes of 2002, 2003, and 2004. ==Awards, recognition and rankings== During the 2006-07 school year, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,〔(U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized in 2006 ), United States Department of Education. Accessed April 16, 2007〕 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 23rd-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 32nd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 29th 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 19th in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed February 1, 2011.〕 Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 44th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 8 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (92.9%) and language arts literacy (97.3%) 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.〕 In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by ''The Washington Post'', the school was ranked 18th in New Jersey and 708th nationwide.〔Mathews, Jay. ("The High School Challenge 2011: West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North" ), ''The Washington Post''. Accessed July 28, 2011.〕 In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", ''The Daily Beast'' ranked the school 183rd in the nation among participating public high schools and 12th overall (sixth of non-magnet schools) in New Jersey.〔Streib, Lauren. ("America's Best High Schools" ), ''The Daily Beast'', May 6, 2013. Accessed May 8, 2013.〕 The school was ranked 197th in the nation and 15th in New Jersey on the list of "America's Best High Schools 2012" prepared by ''The Daily Beast'' / ''Newsweek'', with rankings based primarily on graduation rate, matriculation rate for college and number of Advanced Placement / International Baccalaureate courses taken per student, with lesser factors based on average scores on the SAT / ACT, average AP/IB scores and the number of AP/IB courses available to students.〔Staff. ("America's Best High Schools 2012" ), ''The Daily Beast'' / ''Newsweek'', May 20, 2012. Accessed May 22, 2012.〕 The school's student-run radio station is WWPH 107.9 FM, based in Princeton Junction.〔(107.9-FM ), WWPH. Accessed January 2, 2011. "107.9-FM, WWPH, Princeton Junction Home of the Pirate and the Knight....The student radio station for West Windsor--Plainsboro High Schools North and South."〕 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「West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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