Lakewood High School (New Jersey)

Lakewood High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Lakewood School District.

Lakewood High School
Address
855 Somerset Avenue

Lakewood Township
,
Ocean County
,
New Jersey
08701

United States
Coordinates40.100563°N 74.1953317°W / 40.100563; -74.1953317
Information
TypePublic
Established1971
School districtLakewood School District
NCES School ID3408220[1]
PrincipalEbony Rivera
Faculty88.5 FTEs[1]
Grades9 - 12
Enrollment1,243 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.0:1[1]
Color(s)  Blue
  white[2]
Athletics conferenceShore Conference[3]
Team namePiners[2]
Websitewww.lakewoodpiners.org/Domain/8

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,243 students and 88.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1. There were 1,048 students (84.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 38 (3.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 324th-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 also been ranked 324th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 316th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 288th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[7]

Athletics

The Lakewood High School Piners[2] compete in Division B South of the Shore Conference, an athletic conference comprised of private and public high schools in Monmouth and Ocean counties along the Jersey Shore.[3][8] The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[9] With 916 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range.[10] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV South for football for 2018–2020.[11] The school competes in the C-Central Division of the Shore Conference, in football, tennis, bowling, cheerleading, softball, baseball, wrestling, basketball, volleyball, track, cross country, and field hockey, with the most success over previous years coming in boys' basketball, boys soccer, and girls' and boys' track.

The boys' basketball team won the Group III state championships in 1967 (defeating West New York Memorial High School in the tournament final) and in 1975 (vs. East Orange High School).[12] The team won the Group III title in 1967 with a 74-51 win against Weehawken in the championship game played at Atlantic City Convention Hall, becoming the first Ocean County program to win a state title.[13] The team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional title in 2010, defeating Neptune High School in the sectional final by a score of 59-51.[14]

The baseball team won the North I Group III state title in 1967, won the Group III championships in 1973 (vs. Ridgefield Park High School) and 1980 (vs. Newark East Side High School), and won the Group IV title in 1984 (vs. West New York Memorial High School).[15]

The girls spring track team was the Group III state champion in 1976, 1977, 1979, 1988 and 1989.[16]

The boys track team won the Group III indoor track championship in 1985 and 1999. The girls team won the Group III title in 1988.[17]

The 1986 football team football team finished the season with an 8-3 record after winning the South Jersey Group III state sectional title by defeating Bridegton High School by a score of 7-6 in the championship game.[18][19]

In 1986, the boys' soccer team was the Group III co-champion with Randolph High School.[20]

The boys track team won the Group III spring track state championship in 1987.[21]

The boys' track team won the Group III state indoor relay championship in 1988.[22]

The girls bowling team won the overall state championship in 1995.[23]

Administration

The school's principal is Ebony Rivera. His core administration team includes three assistant principals.[24]

Notable alumni

References
  1. School data for Lakewood High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Lakewood High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  3. Shore Conference Realignment for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020, Shore Conference. Accessed November 15, 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 August 22, 2012.
  6. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed January 31, 2011.
  7. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  8. Member Schools, Shore Conference. Accessed November 15, 2020.
  9. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  10. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  11. NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  12. NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  13. Sullivan, Jim. "Lakewood Upholds Shore Cage Prestige", Asbury Park Press, March 20, 1967. Accessed December 23, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Lakewood High School saved the prestige of Central Jersey, Shore, and Ocean County basketball by winning the Group III state championship at Atlantic City Friday night. The Piners were the first Ocean County team to ever win a state cage title and were the first Shore public high school to win a state basketball title since Neptune won the Group 2 championship in 1949. LaRue backed up all the may or said and added 'They completely dominated the game (Friday night's 74-51 triumph over Weehawken) and knew it.'"
  14. Christopher, Chris. "Celebration: Piners win sectional title with victory over Neptune", Asbury Park Press, March 16, 2010. Accessed July 26, 2011. "The Piners received hats after their 59-51 win over visiting Neptune in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Central Jersey Group III championship game March 8. The season ended with the 20-9 Piners, hoping to qualify for a Group state championship game for the first time since 1975 when they bested East Orange in Group III, losing to Kingsway Regional by 20 points in the Group III semifinals."
  15. NJSIAA Baseball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  16. NJSIAA Girls Spring Track Summary of Group Titles, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
  17. NJSIAA Indoor Group Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  18. NJSIAA Football History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  19. Dean, Mike. "Lakewood squeaks by Bridgeton, 7-6", Courier-Post, December 7,1986. Accessed January 14, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Lakewood High School clung to a first-quarter touchdown by senior quarterback Billy Gee to edge Bridgeton, 7-6, and capture the South Jersey Group 3 championship yesterday. The Piners finished their first winning season since 1974 at 8-3."
  20. NJSIAA History of Boys Soccer, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 16, 2016.
  21. NJSIAA Spring Track Summary of Group Titles Boys, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
  22. History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
  23. History of NJSIAA Girls Bowling Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  24. Directory, Lakewood High School. Accessed January 14, 2021.
  25. Matthew Boxer Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Comptroller. Accessed September 18, 2012. "A New Jersey resident for more than three decades, Boxer graduated as the class valedictorian from Lakewood High School in 1988, graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University in 1992 with a B.A. in politics and earned a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 1995."
  26. Rosman, Mark. "Assemblyman recalled for service to people in need", Tri-Town News, October 17, 2002. Accessed May 12, 2017. "Cottrell was a lifelong resident of Jackson, a graduate of the town's public schools and a graduate of Lakewood High School."
  27. Michael Cudlitz, Turner Classic Movies. Accessed August 22, 2012. "Since his elementary school days, Cudlitz also showed an interest in acting and participated in school dramatics through his graduation from Lakewood High School."
  28. Walker, Rob. "Cul-de-Sac Cred", The New York Times, July 10, 2005. "Marc Milecofsky grew up in Lakewood, N.J., about an hour and a half south of Manhattan.... He also figured out that not every place was as ethnically and culturally diverse as Lakewood's public schools, where there were as many black and Latino students as whites.... Ecko went to the Rutgers School of Pharmacy, where being a white hip-hop fan was more unusual than it had been at Lakewood High"
  29. McKenzie, Doug. "Lakewood Hall of Fame welcomes 14 legends" Archived April 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Tri-Town News, May 4, 2006. Accessed July 26, 2011. "Estelle was the first Major League Baseball player from Lakewood High School, and just the second from Ocean County. Estelle signed with the San Francisco Giants on graduation day in 1960 and pitched on the 1962 National League championship team."
  30. Staff. "Haines picked to head lottery", Asbury Park Press, May 19, 1994. Accessed August 30, 2016. "Education: Graduated from Lakewood High School in 1964; attended Ocean County College."
  31. Edelson, Stephen. "Was Purnell Mincy the Jersey Shore's greatest athlete?", Asbury Park Press, February 20, 2015. Accessed October 17, 2020. "Purnell Mincy was a three-sport star at Lakewood, graduating in 1937.... I'm beginning to think Lakewood's Purnell Mincy might be the greatest athlete the Jersey Shore has ever produced...."
  32. Falk, Steven; Edelson, Stephen (April 25, 2020). "NFL Draft 2020: Chapelle Russell of Lakewood picked by Tampa Bay". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  33. Staff. "Rubby Sherr", Town Topics (newspaper), July 17, 2013. Accessed August 18, 2014. "Rubby Sherr was born on September 14, 1913 in Long Branch, N.J., of immigrant parents from Lithuania, graduating from Lakewood New Jersey high school, earning his undergraduate degree from New York University in 1934 and a PhD from Princeton University in 1938."
  34. Heyman, Brian. "Basketball-Playing Brothers Are Together and Apart on the Court", The New York Times, January 23, 2009. Accessed December 1, 2016. "Like J. R., Chris starred at Lakewood and St. Benedict's. He planned to attend Seton Hall but never made it."
  35. Earl "J.R." Smith player profile Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, USA Basketball. Accessed March 3, 2007. "As a sophomore attended Lakewood High School (N.J.), and aided his squad to a 23-6 record and the South Jersey Group 3 championship, averaged 27.0 ppg., 8.0 rpg. and 3.0 bpg."
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