South Plainfield High School


South Plainfield High School is a four-year, co-ed comprehensive community public high school located in South Plainfield in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades and operating as the sole secondary school in the South Plainfield Public Schools. The school offers numerous clubs, activities, and athletics.
As of the 2017–18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,029 students and 76.1 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 13.5:1. There were 211 students eligible for free lunch and 88 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Awards, recognition and rankings

In 1996, the New Jersey Department of Education recognized the school with the "Best Practices Award" for its Respect All Races Everywhere Program in which administrators, staff, and students work together to make cultural and ethnic diversity an instructional theme.
The school was the 157th-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. The school had been ranked 227th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 148th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 158th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 160th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 183rd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the two components of the High School Proficiency Assessment, mathematics and language arts literacy. And in 2019, U.S. News ranked the school #96 in New Jersey high schools.

Extracurricular activities

Music

Three music teachers are currently employed at South Plainfield High School: William Haughwout, Donna Kregler, and Diane Lee. As of 2018, William Haughwout is the permanent band director, succeeding Ryan Dore.

Ensembles

South Plainfield High School's Model United Nations has achieved regional and nationwide recognition since being inaugurated in 2007-08. The program was founded and is currently advised by Social Studies teacher Miten Shah.
South Plainfield High School's First Robotics Team Tiger Tech 5624 has achieved several awards and has gained several victories since starting its rookie year in 2015.
The South Plainfield High School Tigers compete in the Greater Middlesex Conference, which includes public and private high schools located in the greater Middlesex County area, and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. With 821 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 778 to 1,062 students in that grade range.

Wrestling

The wrestling team has won Group III state titles in 2001, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2013 and won Group II state titles in 2000 and 2007. The eight group titles won by the program are tied for the sixth most of all teams in the state. In 2007, the wrestling team took Central Group II with a 48-16 win over Raritan. The team then moved on to win a Group II state title that year with a 58-6 semifinal win against Point Boro and a 42-9 in the finals against Hackettstown. In 2008, the wrestling team lost to David Brearley High School in the North 2 Group II sectional final.
In 2013, Anthony Ashnault became the first wrestler in state history to win four consecutive state championships while being undefeated in his high school wrestling career, finishing with an overall record of 170-0 during his four years at South Plainfield.

Baseball

In 2015, the baseball team won the NJSIAA Group III state baseball title, the program's first state championship, defeating Northern Burlington County Regional High School by a score of 8-4 in the tournament final.

Field hockey

The team won the North II Group III state sectional title in 2004.

Softball

The softball team won the Central Jersey state championship in 1975, won the Group II title in 2000, and won the Group III titles in both 2005 and 2017.
The 2005 softball team captured a North II Group III title with a 2-0 victory over Voorhees High School in the sectional final. They then defeated North I, Group III sectional champion Sparta High School to advance to the Group III final, where they defeated Northern Burlington in the final to capture the Group III state championship. The team had won state titles in Group II in both 1989 and 2000.
The team won the Group III state championship in 2017, defeating Steinert High School by a score of 3-2 in the tournament final on a walk-off run scored on a ground out. The team advanced to the inaugural New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association softball Tournament of Champions as the fourth seed, losing to fifth-seeded Non-Public B champion Immaculate Conception High School by a score of 4-3 in the first round.

Basketball

The boys' basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1964, defeating Summit High School in the tournament final.
In 2007, the girls' basketball team was the Group III runner-up, falling to Willingboro 53-46 in the tournament final.

Soccer

In 2014, the boys soccer team captured a NJSIAA Group III state championship title, the program's first, with a 4-3 victory over Princeton High School in the tournament final.

Administration

Members of high school administration are: