Neptune High School

Neptune High School is a comprehensive four-year community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Neptune Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Neptune Township Schools. Neptune Township Schools is one of New Jersey's 31 former Abbott districts. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1929.As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,405 students and 100.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.1:1. There were 645 students (45.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 116 (8.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. The student body was 56.5% Black, 24.5% White, 14.0% Hispanic and 1.2% Asian / Pacific Islander.HistoryIn 1897, the site in Ocean Grove was leased to the school district for the purpose of creating Neptune High School. Completed in 1898, the then school had won an award at the 1906 World's Fair for its architectural splendor. The school opened in 1897, with Lida Doren serving as the state's first female principal and superintendent. The building was used until September 1960, when it was replaced by the district's existing high school building. The building had been used as a school up until the 1980s, after which the state of the building was allowed to decline. In 2004, the original building was repurposed as the Jersey Shore Arts Center.