Lakewood High School (New Jersey) Explained

Lakewood High School
Grades:9 - 12
District:Lakewood School District
Type:Public
Principal:Richard Goldstein
Enrollment:1,423 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty:83.5 FTEs
Ratio:17.0:1
Us Nces School Id:340822004636
Teamname:Piners
Conference:Shore Conference
Colors: Blue
White
Newspaper:Pine Needle[1]
Yearbook:Pine Needle
Address:855 Somerset Avenue
City:Lakewood Township
County:Ocean County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:08701
Country:United States
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Lakewood High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in Lakewood Township, Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Lakewood School District.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,423 students and 83.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.0:1. There were 1,136 students (79.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 80 (5.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

History

Students from Manchester Township had attended Lakewood High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship, though by June 1964 overcrowding led the Lakewood School District to try to end the agreement under which 150 students from Manchester Township attended the Lakewood school.[3] The students left in September 1976 when Manchester Township High School opened.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6] The magazine ranked the school in 2008 out of 316 schools.[7] The school was ranked 288th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[8]

Athletics

The Lakewood High School Piners[9] compete in Division B South of the Shore Conference, an athletic conference comprised of public and private high schools in Monmouth and Ocean counties along the Jersey Shore.[10] [11] The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[12] 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.[13] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV South for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 893 to 1,296 students.[14] 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).[15] 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.[16] The 1975 team finished the season with a record of 28–1 after winning the Group III title in front of 4,000 spectators at Brookdale Community College with a 71–70 championship game victory on two last-second free throws against an East Orange team that came into the game unbeaten in 39 games and having won group titles in each of the three previous seasons.[17] 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.[18]

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).[19]

The girls spring track team was the Group III state champion in 1976, 1977, 1979, 1988 and 1989.[20]

The boys track team won the Group III indoor track championship in 1985 and 1999.[21] The girls team won the Group III title in 1988.[22]

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 Bridgeton High School by a score of 7–6 in the championship game.[23] [24]

In 1986, the boys' soccer team finished the season with a record of 15-6-1 after a 1–1 tie with Randolph High School made the team the Group III co-champion.[25] [26]

The boys track team won the Group III spring / outdoor track state championship in 1987.[27]

The boys' track team won the Group III state indoor relay championship in 1988.[28]

The girls bowling team won the overall state championship in 1995.[29]

Administration

The school's principal is Richard Goldstein. His core administration team includes four assistant principals.[30]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.lakewoodpiners.org/cms/lib/NJ01001845/Centricity/Domain/4/2020-2021%20Student%20Handbook%20English.pdf Student Handbook and Code of Conduct 2020-2021
  2. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408220&ID=340822004636 School data for Lakewood High School
  3. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/143560668/ "Driver Class Stays as Is In Lakewood"
  4. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/144931273/ "Manchester Schools Expected To Spur Many New Residents"
  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 August 22, 2012.
  7. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed January 31, 2011.
  8. http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"
  9. https://www.njsiaa.org/schools/lakewood-high-school Lakewood High School
  10. http://media.digitalsports.com/79529/files/2017/03/Shore-Conference-Realignment-2018-2020.pdf Shore Conference Realignment for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020
  11. http://www.shoreconferencenj.org/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5genie=249 Member Schools
  12. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/2020-2021-lc-officers-schools.pdf League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021
  13. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/general-classifications-2018-2020.pdf NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020
  14. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2022-08/Football%20%2722%20%26%20%2723.pdf NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2022–2024
  15. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/2020-basketball-history_0.pdf NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History
  16. 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.'"
  17. via Associated Press. "NJSIAA Finals Produce No Clear Champ", The Daily Journal, March 24, 1975. Accessed March 22, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "The weekend's. NJSIAA championship jamboree at Brookdale Community College here had the best teams in the state on exhibit and when the final whistle had blown Sunday evening there still was room for debate as to which New Jersey club is the best team in the state. Seven crowns were decided with Lakewood's 71-70 win over East Orange in Group III headlining the weekend. The win snapped East Orange's two year 39-game winning streak.... The contest between two of the state's most highly rated clubs was a struggle all. the way before a packed crowd of 4,000, the largest in the tournament. King led the winners, (28-1) with 19 points and ten rebounds."
  18. 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."
  19. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/20-baseball-history.pdf NJSIAA Baseball Championship History
  20. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-08/21-spring-track-group-history.pdf NJSIAA Girls Spring Track Summary of Group Titles
  21. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024-01/Boys%20Indoor%20Track%20%26%20Field_0.pdf Boys Winter Track and Field Championship History: 1922-2023
  22. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024-01/Girls%20Indoor%20Track%20%26%20Field.pdf Girls Winter Track and Field Championship History: 1922-2023
  23. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-12/21-football.pdf NJSIAA Football History
  24. 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."
  25. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-12/21-boys-soccer-history.pdf NJSIAA History of Boys Soccer
  26. Cappuzzo, Jim. "'Kissing their sisters'; Randolph has to settle for co-championship", Daily Record, November 27, 1986. Accessed March 31, 2021. "And when the final buzzer sounded, Randolph ended up with a 1-1 tie and a co-championship with Lakewood in the Group III championship game at Trenton State College. The state title marks the first for Randolph in its 12-year history.... The tie, the first for both teams this season, ended Randolph's season at 18-6-1. Lakewood finished at 15-6-1."
  27. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-08/21-history.pdf NJSIAA Spring Track Summary of Group Titles Boys
  28. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-12/20-relay-history_0.pdf History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships
  29. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/20-bowling_0_0.pdf History of NJSIAA Girls Bowling Championships
  30. https://www.lakewoodpiners.org/lhs Home Page
  31. https://stonybrookathletics.com/sports/football/roster/tyrice-beverette/4686 Tyrice Beverette
  32. http://www.nj.gov/comptroller/home/comptroller.html Matthew Boxer
  33. 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."
  34. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/41895|0/Michael-Cudlitz/ Michael Cudlitz
  35. 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"
  36. McKenzie, Doug. "Lakewood Hall of Fame welcomes 14 legends", 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."
  37. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118376173/william-goldstein-of-lakewood-and/ "Success is habit forming to Goldstein"
  38. 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."
  39. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12076642/asbury-park-press-18-jun-1981-thu-page/ "Lakewood graduates hear student speakers at ceremony"
  40. Price, Toby. "Medina will take his talents to Cornell", Asbury Park Press, May 18, 1988. Accessed May 27, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Rich Medina, a 6-7 forward from Lakewood, will attend Cornell University in the fall and continue his basketball career for the Ivy League champion Big Red. The Lakewood High School senior averaged 14.1 points, 9.6 rebounds and six blocks per game on his way to numerous postseason honors."
  41. 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...."
  42. Web site: Falk . Steven . Edelson . Stephen . NFL Draft 2020: Chapelle Russell of Lakewood picked by Tampa Bay . Asbury Park Press . August 1, 2020 . April 25, 2020.
  43. Staff. "Rubby Sherr", Town Topics, 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."
  44. 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."
  45. http://www.usabasketball.com/biosmen/jr_smith_bio.html Earl "J.R." Smith player profile

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