Arthur L. Johnson High School

Arthur L. Johnson High School is a four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Clark and Garwood in Union County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Clark Public School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1963.[4]

Arthur L. Johnson High School
Address
365 Westfield Avenue

Clark
,
Union County
,
New Jersey
07066

United States
Coordinates40.623114°N 74.311967°W / 40.623114; -74.311967
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1956
School districtClark Public School District
NCES School ID3403150[1]
PrincipalJennifer Feeley[2]
Faculty66.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment717 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio10.9:1[1]
Color(s)  Navy Blue and
  white[3]
Athletics conferenceUnion County Interscholastic Athletic Conference
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[4]
AlumniALJalumni.org
Websitealj.clarkschools.org

Students from Garwood attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Garwood Public Schools.[5][6]

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 717 students and 66.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1. There were 37 students (5.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 17 (2.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 47th in New Jersey and 1,493rd nationwide.[7] The school was ranked 1609th, the 62nd-highest in New Jersey, in Newsweek magazine's 2010 rankings of America's Best High Schools.[8]

In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 898th in the nation among participating public high schools and 67th among schools in New Jersey.[9]

The school was the 86th-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.[10] The school had been ranked 40th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 101st in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[11] The magazine ranked the school 95th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[12] The school was ranked 91st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[13] Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 115th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 29 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (84.1%) and language arts literacy (97.5%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[14]

In 2019, the school was ranked 241st out of 438 high schools in New Jersey in rankings by U.S. News & World Report.[15]

Athletics

The Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusaders[3] compete in the Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference, which consists of public and parochial high schools covering Union County, operating under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[16] With 570 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015–16 school year as Central Jersey, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 498 to 750 students in that grade range.[17] Before the 2010 realignment, the school had participated in the Mountain Valley Conference, which consisted of public and parochial high schools in Essex County and Union County.[18] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2018–2020.[19]

The boys' bowling team won the overall state championship in 1985 and the Group I state championship in 2013.[20]

The football team won the North II Group II state sectional titles in 1995 and 2002.[21]

The field hockey team won the North II Group II state sectional titles in 2008, 2010 and 2011.[22]

The cheerleading team won the NJCDCA Group II state championship title in 2017.[23]

The ice hockey team won the McMullen Cup in 2020, defeating Frisch School by a score of 7–3 in the tournament final.[24]

Notable alumni

References
  1. School data for Arthur L. Johnson High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Student Handbook 2019-2020, Arthur L. Johnson High School. Accessed January 23, 2020.
  3. Arthur L. Johnson High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  4. Arthur L. Johnson High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed January 23, 2020.
  5. Clark Township Public Schools 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 5, 2016. "The school district educates more than 2,350 students in five buildings and enjoys a very positive and collaborative send/receive relationship with the Garwood Public Schools. Students from Garwood are educated in their local K-8 district. They subsequently attend grades 9-12 at our Arthur L. Johnson High School here in Clark."
  6. About Us, Garwood Public Schools. Accessed June 5, 2016. "High school students attend ALJ High School in Clark, NJ"
  7. Mathews, Jay. "The High School Challenge 2011: Arthur L. Johnson High School", The Washington Post. Accessed September 9, 2011.
  8. Staff. "America's Best High Schools: The List", Newsweek, June 13, 2010. Accessed March 26, 2011.
  9. Streib, Lauren. "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast, May 6, 2013. Accessed May 9, 2013.
  10. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  11. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 11, 2012.
  12. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 26, 2011.
  13. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  14. School Overview; Click on "Rankings" for 2003-11 HSPA results, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 10, 2012.
  15. Arthur L. Johnson High School, U.S. News & World Report. Accessed January 29, 2020.
  16. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  17. General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed August 9, 2017.
  18. Home Page, Mountain Valley Conference, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 2, 2011. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  19. NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  20. History of NJSIAA Boys Bowling Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  21. NJSIAA Football History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  22. History of NJSIAA Field Hockey Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  23. 2017 NJCDCA Cheerleading State Champions, New Jersey Cheerleading and Dance Coaches Association, March 5, 2017. Accessed October 15, 2017.
  24. Staff. "Crusaders Take the McMullen Cup and More in This Week's Sports Roundup for February 23", TAP into Clark, February 24, 2020. "It was a big week for the Crusaders on the ice. The top-seeded Johnson ice hockey team won the McMullen Cup after defeating third-seeded Frisch, 7-3, at South Mountain Arena on Saturday, Feb. 22."
  25. Todd Burger player profile Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Football Database. Accessed January 13, 2007.
  26. Kenneth T. Ham, NASA. Accessed March 26, 2011. "Arthur L. Johnson Regional High School, Clark, New Jersey, 1983."
  27. "Johnson soccer standout to continue playing at Cornell, Union County LocalSource, February 22, 2018. Accessed November 29, 2020. "Arthur L. Johnson senior Gennaro Nigro recently signed with Cornell University."
  28. 2015 Men's Lacrosse Coaching Staff, Wagner University. Accessed August 4, 2015. "Prior to his stint at Drew, Poskay served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, A.L. Johnson Regional High School in Clark, New Jersey.... He has held the national high school record with 362 career goals for nearly a decade and also tallied 468 career points, tops in state history. On the gridiron, he was a First-Team All-State quarterback as a senior and Second-Team his junior year. He was also the starting point guard for three years on the basketball team."
  29. Staff. "Cranford Cougars Defeat Johnson in Season Opener; Cranford's new quarterback excels in his first outing.", Cranford Patch, September 15, 2011. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Interestingly, head coach for Cranford, Erik Rosenmeier, is a Clark native and a 1983 Arthur L. Johnson alum."
  30. Armstrong, Kevin. "Spaziani ready to make most of chance as BC's new head coach", Sports Illustrated, May 5, 2009. Accessed March 26, 2011. "Mixed in with graduation moments and prom pageantry, the home video footage captured a true throwback from Arthur L. Johnson Regional High in Clark, N.J. The quarterback wore No. 14 and displayed a powerful arm. To gauge others' interest, Spaziani, then the Eagles' defensive coordinator, gathered his assistants in a meeting room, showed them the film and invited their evaluations. Recognizing their boss as a prep star some 40 years earlier, the coaches burst out laughing."
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