North Arlington High School

North Arlington High School is a public high school in North Arlington, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the North Arlington School District.

North Arlington High School
Address
222 Ridge Road

North Arlington
,
Bergen County
,
New Jersey
07031

United States
Coordinates40.788921°N 74.132834°W / 40.788921; -74.132834
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoPride, Loyalty, Desire[1]
School districtNorth Arlington School District
NCES School ID3411430[2]
PrincipalPatrick D. Bott[3]
Faculty45.5 FTEs[2]
Enrollment532 (as of 2018–19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio11.7:1[2]
Color(s)Royal blue   and white [4]
Athletics conferenceNorth Jersey Interscholastic Conference
NicknameVikings[4]
Websitewww.navikings.org/hs

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 532 students and 45.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1. There were 90 students (16.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 32 (6.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 196th-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.[5] The school had been ranked 149th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 141st in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[6] The magazine ranked the school 198th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[7] The school was ranked 182nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[8]

Athletics

The North Arlington High School Vikings[4] participate in the Meadowlands Division of the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, which is comprised of small-enrollment schools in Bergen, Hudson, Morris and Passaic counties, and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[9][10][11] Prior to the realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, North Arlington was a part of the Bergen County Scholastic League's National division.[12] With 385 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 students in that grade range.[13] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I North for football for 2018–2020.[14]

The school participates in a joint cooperative boys / girls swimming and wrestling teams with Lyndhurst High School as the host school / lead agency. North Arlington and Secaucus High School participate in a joint ice hockey team, in which Kearny High School is the host school. These co-op programs operate under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.[15]

The school's nickname is the Vikings, and the school colors are royal blue and white.[4] The school's athletic rivals are Lyndhurst High School and Harrison High School. The school offers many boys' and girls' athletic programs that include:[4]

  • Fall: volleyball, football, boys' and girls' soccer, cheerleading, cross country,1 marching band
  • Winter: boys' and girls' basketball, cheerleading, boys’ and girls’ bowling, hockey (co-op with Kearny), swimming,1 wrestling1
  • Spring: baseball, golf, softball, rowing crew, and boys' and girls' track

Note:

^1 combined with Lyndhurst High School

The boys' basketball team won the Group I state championship in 1953 (defeating Riverside High School in the tournament final), 1956 (vs. Bordentown Regional High School) and 1957 (vs. Wildwood High School).[16] The 1953 team finished the season with a record of 18-5 after winning the Group I title with a 66-60 win against Riverside High School in the championship game played at the Elizbeth Armory.[17][18] The 1957 won the Group I championship game with a 68-39 win against Wildwood at Dillon Gymnasium of Princeton University.[19]

The girls volleyball team won the Group I state championship in 2004 (against runner-up Bogota High School).[20]

The boys bowling team won the Group I state championship in 2019.[21]

References
  1. Mission Statement, North Arlington High School. Accessed January 26, 2021. "This learning community will be built upon the foundation set forth by our school motto: Pride, Loyalty, Desire."
  2. School data for North Arlington High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  3. Principal's Message, North Arlington High School. Accessed January 26, 2021.
  4. North Arlington High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  5. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  6. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 2, 2012.
  7. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 20, 2011.
  8. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  9. 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."
  10. Member Schools, North Jersey Interscholastic Conference. Accessed August 30, 2020.
  11. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  12. New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association League Memberships – 2009-2010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 24, 2011. Accessed November 22, 2014.
  13. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  14. NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  15. NJSIAA Winter Cooperative Sports Programs, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
  16. NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  17. "North Arlington Cagers, Englewood Baseball Team Highlighted Year", The Record, December 31, 1953. Accessed December 24, 2020. "North Arlington High School kept live Bergen County's streak of having at least one State champ every year since 1938 by annexing the Group 1 crown at Elizabeth Armory on March 21. Coach Wilbur Ruckel's high-scoring unit, which rolled to 18 wins in 23 games and scored the amazing number of 1,751 points, defeated Riverside, 66-60, in the final."
  18. "Bloomfield Tops Jefferson, 60-45; Gains Jersey School Division Title -- Hamilton, Weehawken and North Arlington Win", The New York Times, March 22, 1953. Accessed January 12, 2021. "Jefferson High of Elizabeth only 1952 winner to reach the finals of the New Jersey State interscholastic basketball tournament, was defeated by Bloomfield High, 60-45, in the tourney finale tonight before 3,500 at the Elizabeth Armory.... North Arlington Broke into the winner's circle for the first time, taking the group 1 crown with a 66-60 victory over Riverside of Burlington County."
  19. Kurland, Bob. "North Arlington Gains Second Straight Crown; Thrashes Wildwood Club, 68-39 to retain N. J. Group 1 Title", The Record, March 18, 1957. Accessed January 26, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Standing around gaping at the airborne players are North Arlington's George Jeck (54), Wildwoods' Frank Breslin and Richard McGraw (23). The leaping Vikings came off with an easy victory, 68-39, to capture second consecutive State Group 1 championship.... Over 3,000 fans at Princeton's Dillon Gymnasium watched the Vikings give Bergen County its 36th State title in the 39-year history of the State classic."
  20. NJSIAA Girls Volleyball Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
  21. History of NJSIAA Boys Bowling Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
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