Elmwood Park Memorial High School

Elmwood Park Memorial High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Elmwood Park, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Elmwood Park Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1963.[3]

Elmwood Park Memorial High School
Address
375 River Drive

Elmwood Park
,
Bergen County
,
New Jersey
07407

United States
Coordinates40.909255°N 74.131148°W / 40.909255; -74.131148
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1957
School districtElmwood Park Public Schools
NCES School ID3404660[1]
PrincipalDavid Warner
Faculty44.9 FTEs[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment735 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio16.4:1[1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)  Scarlet and
  white[2]
Athletics conferenceNorth Jersey Interscholastic Conference
Team nameCrusaders[2]
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
NewspaperThe Scarlet Quill
Websitehs.elmwoodparkschools.org

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 735 students and 44.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.4:1. There were 242 students (32.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 79 (10.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 214th-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.[4] The school had been ranked 248th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 210th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school 201st in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 237th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[7]

Athletics

The Elmwood Park High School Crusaders[2] participate in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, which is comprised of small-enrollment schools in Bergen, Hudson, Morris and Passaic counties, and was created following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[8][9][10] With 536 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range.[11] Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Elmwood Park was a member of the smaller Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (BPSL).[12] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II North for football for 2018–2020.[13]

The wrestling team won the North I Group II state championship in 1982 and 1986.[14] In 2006, the Elmwood Park High School wrestling team won the BPSL Championship, had a record of 22–2 for the season, were semifinalists in the state sectionals, and ranked top ten in Bergen County.

The high school's football team had a 41-game losing streak that lasted from 2002 until September 30, 2006, when they defeated the Manchester Regional High School Falcons, 33–14, snapping the four-year-long losing streak that was North Jersey's longest for a football team.[15]

Despite going 20 years without a winning record, the Elmwood Park High School baseball team went 19–6 in 2006, winning the league championship and doubling their wins every year for three seasons. They were semifinalist in the state tournament and county qualifiers.

The 2003 boys' basketball team won the North I, Group I state sectional title, their first championship since 1984, with a 70–56 win against Park Ridge High School in the tournament final.[16][17] The boys' basketball team won the North I, Group I state championship in 2007, defeating Leonia High School 78–70 in a game played at Hudson Catholic Regional High School.[18][19]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[20]

  • David Warner, Principal
  • Leon Samuels, Assistant Principal

Notable alumni

References
  1. School data for Memorial Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Elmwood Park Memorial High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  3. Elmwood Park Memorial High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed August 30, 2020.
  4. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  5. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed November 28, 2012.
  6. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 7, 2011.
  7. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  8. Mattura, Greg. "Small-school NJIC may debut its own league championship", The Record, January 9, 2017. Accessed August 30, 2020. "The small-school North Jersey Interscholastic Conference may debut its own boys basketball tournament this season, one season after introducing its girls hoops championship. The NJIC is comprised of schools from Bergen, Passaic and Hudson counties and the event offered to the 36 boys teams would serve as an alternative to likely competing against larger programs in a county tournament."
  9. Member Schools, North Jersey Interscholastic Conference. Accessed August 30, 2020.
  10. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  11. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  12. League Memberships – 2009–2010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 24, 2011. Accessed November 19, 2014.
  13. NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  14. NJSIAA Wrestling Team Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  15. "Go crazy, EP! Losing streak kaput", The Record, October 1, 2006. Accessed December 12, 2014. "Elmwood Park snapped North Jersey's longest football losing streak with a convincing 33–14 win over Manchester on Saturday."
  16. Arangure Jr., Jorge. "Unlikely hero lifts Elmwood Park", The Record, March 12, 2003. Accessed December 12, 2014. "Elmwood Park beat Park Ridge, 70–56, Tuesday at Marist High School in Bayonne to claim its first North 1, Group 1 sectional boys basketball title since 1984 with help from an unlikely source, sophomore Patrick Lowery."
  17. 2003 Boys Basketball - North I, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 2, 2007.
  18. Roberts, Jeff. "Elmwood Park rallies past Leonia", The Record, March 7, 2007. Accessed December 12, 2014. "Leonia's Ahmad Hassan owned the first half, but Tillerson dominated when things mattered most. He scored 25 of his season-high 37 points in the second half to lead the Crusaders to a 78–70 victory in the North 1, Group 1 boys basketball final Tuesday at Hudson Catholic."
  19. 2007 Boys Basketball - North I, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed March 7, 2007.
  20. Principal, Elmwood Park Memorial High School.Accessed August 30, 2020.
  21. Malfa, Joe. "From SJR to the Super Bowl: Vinny Ciurciu '98", The Guardian, January 29, 2016. Accessed August 29, 2018. "The road to a Super Bowl appearance featured many twists and turns for Ciurciu, and it did not actually begin at SJR. He spent his freshman year at Elmwood Park High School before transferring to SJR as a sophomore."
  22. Kubasik, Bn. "TV Spots", Newsday, June 23, 1989. Accessed December 5, 2013. "Mihalik's Advice to Graduates WNYW/5 anchor Cora Ann Mihalik, class of '72, Elmwood Park (NJ) High School, returns to offer pointers to tonight's graduates."
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