Wallington High School

Wallington Jr./Sr. High School is a six-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from Wallington, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Wallington Public Schools.

Wallington Jr./Sr. High School
Address
234 Main Avenue

Wallington
,
Bergen County
,
New Jersey
07057

United States
Coordinates40.855443°N 74.107702°W / 40.855443; -74.107702
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtWallington Public Schools
NCES School ID3416920[1]
PrincipalMichael Fromfield
Faculty39.2 FTEs[1]
Grades7-12
Enrollment567 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.5:1[1]
Color(s)  Royal Blue and
  white[2][3]
Athletics conferenceNorth Jersey Interscholastic Conference
Team namePanthers[2]
Websitewww.wboe.org/Domain/8

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 567 students and 39.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1. There were 111 students (19.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 24 (4.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 223rd-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 239th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 204th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school 200th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 206th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[7]

Athletics

The Wallington High School Panthers[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 257 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North I, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 187 to 490 students in that grade range.[11] Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, the school was a member of the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) in the National Division.[12] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I North for football for 2018–2020.[13]

The school participates in joint girls soccer and boys tennis teams with Henry P. Becton Regional High School as the host school / lead agency. These co-op programs operate under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.[14][15]

The girls volleyball team won the Group I state championship in 1986, defeating runner-up Bogota High School in the final match of the tournament.[16]

Under Hall of Fame coach Leonard J. Smith, the Panthers 1959 football team finished the season undefeated with a record of 7-0-1 and were awarded the North I, Group I state championship.[17][18] In the playoff era, the team has won the North I Group I state sectional championship in 1990 and 2010.[19] The team won the 1990 North I Group I sectional title with a 28-22 win in the championship game against Cresskill High School.[20] The team won the 2010 North I Group I sectional championship, beating Mountain Lakes High School by a score of 23-21 at New Meadowlands Stadium. The defeat ended a 35-game winning streak for Mountain Lakes, at the time the longest such streak in New Jersey.[21]

The boys' soccer team won the 2009 North I, Group I state sectional title with a 4-0 win vs. Leonia High School.[22] The team won the 2010 North I, Group I state sectional tournament for a second consecutive year with a 2-1 win over Midland Park High School.[23][24] The soccer team went on to win the Group I state championship, the first for the team in school history, with a win in the tournament finals against South River High School by a score of 1-0.[25][26]

Administration

The principal is Michael Fromfield and the vice principal is Dany Estupinan.[27]

References
  1. School data for Wallington Junior Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Wallington High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  3. Wallington High School Football, MaxPreps.com. Accessed June 23, 2012. "Mascot:Panthers Team:Varsity 12-13 Colors:Blue, White"
  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 December 2, 2012.
  6. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed August 18, 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. General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  12. League Memberships - 2009-1010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 24, 2011. Accessed September 28, 2014.
  13. NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  14. NJSIAA Fall Cooperative Sports Programs, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
  15. NJSIAA Spring Cooperative Sports Programs, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
  16. NJSIAA Girls Volleyball Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2020.
  17. Levin, Jay. "Hall of Fame coach Leonard J. Smith dies", The Record, January 9, 2015. Accessed November 16, 2015. "He moved on to Wallington, where he was an assistant for three years and head coach for four. His 1959 team went undefeated and was named State 1, Group 1 champion."
  18. Wallington, Bergen Passaic Football. Accessed November 16, 2015.
  19. NJSIAA Football History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  20. Kurland, Bob. "Wallington Stuns Cresskill", The Record, December 2, 1990. Accessed December 1, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "A quest for respectability turned into the impossible dream Saturday as Wallington, came from behind to dethrone defending Group 1, Section 1 champion Cresskill, 28-22."
  21. Vasquez, Andy. "Wallington captures State title with 23-21 win over Mountain Lakes", The Record, December 3, 2010.Accessed August 21, 2011. "It wasn't easy for Wallington, but the Panthers held off a feverish second-half rally from Mountain Lakes for a 23-21 win and the North 1, Group 1 title on Friday.Wallington (11-1) won its first State sectional title since 1990. And the final accomplishment – ending Mountain Lakes' 35-game winning streak, the longest in New Jersey – secured the legacy of this squad."
  22. Boys' Soccer - 2009 NJSIAA Tournament - North 1, Group 1, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 21, 2011.
  23. Kensik, Edward. "Panthers win the sectional crown", Community News, November 18, 2010. Accessed August 18, 2011. "Wallington boys' soccer did its part by defeating Midland Park, 2-1, on Thursday to win the Group 1, North 1 state sectional title in Rutherford on the turf. Wallington raised its record to 21-2. This is the team's second consecutive sectional title."
  24. Boys' Soccer - 2010 NJSIAA Tournament - North 1, Group 1, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 21, 2011.
  25. Giuffra, Brian A. "Wallington wins its first State soccer championship", The Record, November 21, 2010. Accessed August 21, 2011. "Plewa scored the game-winning goal in leading Wallington to a 1-0 victory over South River in the Group 1 boys' soccer final, giving Wallington its first state championship in program history."
  26. NJSIAA History of Boys Soccer, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  27. Home page, Wallington High School. Accessed August 30, 2020.
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