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New Providence High School is a comprehensive public high school in the borough of New Providence, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school in the New Providence School District, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades. New Providence High School opened on September 8, 1958 with its first graduating class on June 23, 1960. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1965.〔(New Providence High School ), Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed June 17, 2011.〕 The school opened on September 8, 1958, and had its first graduating class of seniors in June 1960.〔(About NPHS ), New Providence High School, updated August 23, 2012. Accessed October 11, 2015.〕 As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 612 students and 55.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.09:1. There were 15 students (2.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 7 (1.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for New Providence High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 16, 2015.〕 New Providence High School provides opportunities to earn college credits through Advanced Placement courses and through the Middle College Program in partnership with Fairleigh Dickinson University. ==Awards, recognition and rankings== The school was the 6th-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.〔Staff. ("Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.〕 The school had been ranked first in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 5th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.〔Staff. ("The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2012. Accessed September 12, 2012.〕 New Providence High School took over the top spot in ''New Jersey Monthly'' magazine's 2012 listing of top New Jersey public high schools, knocking off Millburn High School, which had held the top spot in the magazine's 2010 and 2008 rankings and dropped to fifth place. The magazine cited changes at New Providence that included better performance on the math portion of the HSPA, reductions in class size and reprioritization of teaching positions and assignments in the wake of reductions in state aid that saw the district receive less than half as much aid in the 2011-12 school year as it did the previous year.〔Schlager, Ken; Staab, Amanda. ("Education 2012: Top New Jersey High Schools; Just in time for back-to-school, we present our 2012 list of the best public high schools in New Jersey." ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 13, 2012. Accessed September 12, 2012.〕 The magazine ranked the school 17th in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed April 8, 2011.〕 Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 40th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 8 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (93.1%) and language arts literacy (98.0%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).〔(New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011 ), Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 26, 2012.〕 In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by ''The Washington Post'', the school was ranked 53rd in New Jersey and 1,615th nationwide.〔Mathews, Jay. ("The High School Challenge 2011: New Providence High School" ), ''The Washington Post''. Accessed September 9, 2011.〕 In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", ''The Daily Beast'' ranked the school 157th in the nation among participating public high schools and 10th overall (and fourth of non-magnet schools) among schools in New Jersey.〔Streib, Lauren. ("America's Best High Schools" ), ''The Daily Beast'', May 6, 2013. Accessed May 8, 2013.〕 The school was ranked 224th in the nation and 19th in New Jersey on the list of "America's Best High Schools 2012" prepared by ''The Daily Beast'' / ''Newsweek'', with rankings based primarily on graduation rate, matriculation rate for college and number of Advanced Placement / International Baccalaureate courses taken per student, with lesser factors based on average scores on the SAT / ACT, average AP/IB scores and the number of AP/IB courses available to students.〔Staff. ("America's Best High Schools 2012" ), ''The Daily Beast'' / ''Newsweek'', May 20, 2012. Accessed May 23, 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Providence High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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