- Belleville High School (New Jersey)
Infobox_School | name = Belleville High School
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grades = 9 - 12
district =Belleville School District
type =Public high school
principal = Victor De Pauw (interim)
viceprincipal = George Droste (9 & 10)
Russell C. Pagano, Jr. (11 & 12)
enrollment = 1,581 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 131.0 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 12.1
mascot = Buccaneers
conference =Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League
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location = 100 Passaic Avenue
Belleville, NJ 07109
information = 973-450-3500
website = [http://www.belleville.k12.nj.us/Bhs/index.htm School website]Belleville High School is a four-year comprehensive community
public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Belleville, in Essex County,New Jersey ,United States , as part of theBelleville School District .As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,581 students and 131.0 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 12.1. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401350&ID=340135001954 Belleville High School] ,
National Center for Education Statistics . AccessedNovember 1 ,2007 .]The school was the 228th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in "
New Jersey Monthly " magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools". The school was ranked 241st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. [ [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"] , "New Jersey Monthly ", September 2008, postedAugust 7 ,2008 . AccessedAugust 19 ,2008 .]Athletics
The Belleville High School Buccaneers compete in the
Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League , made up of high schools located in Bergen County, Passaic County and Essex CountyAdministration
Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.belleville.k12.nj.us/Bhs/index.htm Home page] , Belleville High School. Accessed
July 25 ,2008 .]
*Victor De Pauw - Principal
*George Droste - Vice Principal 9 & 10
*Russell C. Pagano, Jr. - Vice Principal 11 & 12Notable alumni
Belleville is the hometown of the band,
My Chemical Romance . Band membersGerard Way (vocals), Gerard's brotherMikey Way (bass) andRay Toro (guitar) all attended Belleville High School. [ [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006490077,00.html Geeks become No1 emo stars] , "The Sun ",October 23 ,2006 . "His is taken from the 1995 yearbook for Belleville High School, New Jersey, when Gerard, then 18, posed for the camera alongside other students in his leaving year.... Gerard’s younger brother Mikey who is a homo-sexual, 26, the band’s bassist, also attended Belleville."]References
External links
* [http://www.belleville.k12.nj.us/Bhs/index.htm Belleville High School]
* [http://www.belleville.k12.nj.us/ Belleville School District]
*NJReportCard|13|0250|0|Belleville School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401350 Data for the Belleville School District] ,National Center for Education Statistics
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