Steinert High School


Steinert High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as one of three secondary high schools that are part of the Hamilton Township School District, located in Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States; the other high schools in the district are Nottingham High School and Hamilton High School West. The school mascot is the Spartan.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,293 students and 99.4 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 13.0:1. There were 167 students eligible for free lunch and 35 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 148th-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 204th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 189th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 199th in 2008 out of 316 schools. Schooldigger.com ranked the school as 176th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment.

Courses

Steinert offers Advanced Placement courses in AP United States History, AP European History, AP Computer Science, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP English Literature and Composition, AP United States Government, AP Statistics, and AP Calculus.

Sports

The Steinert High School Spartans compete in the Colonial Valley Conference, which operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. With 948 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as Central Jersey, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 822 to 1,068 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the Patriot Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Central Jersey Group III for football for 2017-18. The school maintains sports rivalries with fellow Hamilton schools: the Hamilton West Hornets and the Nottingham Northstars. Steinert plays against crosstown rival Hamilton West on Thanksgiving Day in football, in a series led by Hamilton West 33-23-1, heading into the 2017 game. The two schools have played each other since 1958 as the only Thanksgiving Day football game in Mercer County.
School colors are dark green and white. Sports offered include baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field spring and wrestling.
;Baseball
The baseball team won the Group III state championship in 1978, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, and won the Group III title in 1992 and 1996 ; the team's seven state titles are the second-most of any public school program in the state. The 1992 baseball team defeated Hoboken High School, 5-4, to win the NJSIAA Group III state championship. The squad finished with a 31-1 record, the most wins ever recorded in a season by a Mercer County baseball school. The team was inducted into the Steinert Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.
;Softball
The girls' softball team won the 2004 NJSIAA Group IV state championship. The team won the 2016 Group III state title with a 6-2 win against Middletown High School South in the tournament's final round. The team won the 2018 Group III state title with a 2-0 win against Indian Hills High School, finishing the season with a 23-5 record.
;Field hockey
The field hockey team won the North II Group IV state sectional championship in 2000 and the Central Jersey Group IV title in 2007. In 2007, the field hockey team won the Central Jersey, Group IV state sectional championship with a 1-0 win over Toms River High School South in the tournament final.
;Boys' soccer
The boys' soccer team won the Group IV state championship in 1966, 1969 and 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1977, and won the Group III state title in 1984 and 1988 ; the program's nine state titles are tied for third-most among all public school soccer teams
;Girls' soccer
In 2007, the girls soccer team won the Central, Group IV state sectional championship with a 1-0 win over Jackson Memorial High School in the tournament final.
;Football
The 1966 varsity football team lead by Head Coach Pete Brescia had a perfect 9-0-0 record and remains the only unbeaten team in SHS history.

Administration

The school's principal is Nate Webber. His core administration team includes three vice principals and the athletic director.

Sister schools

The two other high schools in the district are:
Alumni of Steinert High School include: