Woodbridge Academy Magnet School

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Woodbridge Academy Magnet School
Address
Woodbridge Academy Magnet School
1 Convery Boulevard

Woodbridge Township
,
New Jersey
07095

United States
Coordinates 40°30′16″N74°22′11″W / 40.5045°N 74.3697°W / 40.5045; -74.3697
Information
Type Magnet Public high school
School district Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools
Category Middlesex County
NCES School ID341008003428 [1]
PrincipalRobert Fuller
Faculty21.0 FTEs [1]
Enrollment286 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio13.6:1 [1]
Color(s)  Royal blue and
  white [2]
Team nameHornets [2]
NewspaperThe Buzz [3]
Website www.mcmsnj.net/Domain/13

The Woodbridge Academy Magnet School, formerly known as the Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences, is a four-year career academy and college preparatory magnet public high school located in Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Middlesex County Magnet Schools, which serves students of many diverse cultures from all over Middlesex County. While enrolled in this high school student can receive college credits for classes based in allied health and biomedical sciences through Rutgers University–Newark. [4]

Contents

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 286 students and 21.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1. There were 8 students (2.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 4 (1.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. [1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was one of 11 in the state to be recognized in 2014 by the United States Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. [5] [6]

In its listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", the school was ranked 31st out of 500 best high schools in the country; it was ranked 11th among all high schools in New Jersey. [7]

Schooldigger.com ranked the school as one of 16 schools tied for first out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 256 positions from the 2010 ranking), which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy (100.0%) and mathematics (100.0%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA). [8]

Academics

The major subjects of studies for four years are the following:

- * Required Courses

- ** Must be selected to take course

Athletics

The Woodbridge Academy Hornets [2] compete in the Greater Middlesex Conference, which operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). [9] With 206 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. [10]

Extracurricular activities

Due to the Academy's small size, clubs in school are generally limited, though some are more active than others. A list of clubs include:

Science League

The school ranks consistently high on the Science League exams.

2014-2015 School Year Rankings

2011-2012 School Year Rankings

Administration

The principal is Robert Fuller. His administration team includes the two assistant principals. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 School data for Woodbridge Academy Magnet School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Woodbridge Academy, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ The Buzz Newsletter, Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences. Accessed May 11, 2022.
  4. ↑ Woodbridge Academy Overview, Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools. Accessed July 18, 2020.
  5. ↑ Goldman, Jeff. "Which N.J. schools were named to national 'Blue Ribbon' list?", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 2, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2014. "Eleven New Jersey schools have been named to the annual National Blue Ribbon list, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday."
  6. ↑ 2014 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Private, United States Department of Education. Accessed December 31, 2014.
  7. ↑ Staff. "America's Best High Schools 2016", Newsweek . Accessed November 11, 2016.
  8. ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011 [ permanent dead link ], Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 23, 2012.
  9. ↑ League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  10. ↑ NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  11. ↑ Administration, Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences. Accessed May 11, 2022.
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