Lodi High School (New Jersey)

Lodi High School
Location
Lodi High School
Lodi High School
Lodi High School
99 Putnam Street
Lodi, NJ 07644
United States
Coordinates 40°53′15″N 74°05′13″W / 40.887589°N 74.08684°W / 40.887589; -74.08684Coordinates: 40°53′15″N 74°05′13″W / 40.887589°N 74.08684°W / 40.887589; -74.08684
Information
Type Public high school
School district Lodi Public Schools
Principal Frank D'Amico
Vice principal Rachel Yzquierdo
Faculty 63.7 FTEs[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 917 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 14.4:1[1]
Color(s)      Royal Blue and
     Orange[2]
Athletics conference North Jersey Interscholastic Conference
Team name Rams[2]
Website School website

Lodi High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Lodi, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Lodi Public Schools.

As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 917 students and 63.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.4:1. There were 414 students (45.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 130 (14.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 278th-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.[3] The school had been ranked 286th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 240th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[4] The magazine ranked the school 219th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[5] The school was ranked 199th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[6]

Athletics

The Lodi High School Rams[2] compete in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference (NJIC), made up of private and public high schools located in Bergen County, Hudson County and Passaic County, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[7] With 698 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 508 to 770 students in that grade range.[8] Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Lodi High School was a member of the smaller Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (BPSL).[9]

The boys' basketball team won the Group III state championship against South River High School in the final game of the playoff.[10]

The football team won the North I Group II state sectional championship in 1992 and 1998 and the North II Group II title in 2005.[11] The team won the North II Group II state sectional championship in 2005, defeating Chatham High School 21-7 in the tournament final.[12]

The girls' volleyball team qualified for the state tournament in both 2006 and 2007, falling in the tournament's first round both years.[13][14]

Jerry Rinaldi was state wrestling champion (189 lb) in 2003.[15] Keith Dobish was the wrestling state champion (189 lb) in 2006.[16]

The basbeball team won the North I Group II sectional championship in 2003.[17]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School data for Lodi High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Lodi High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 2, 2012.
  5. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 31, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  7. ↑ League Memberships – 2016-2017, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  8. ↑ General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  9. ↑ New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association League Memberships – 2009-2010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 24, 2011. Accessed October 14, 2014.
  10. ↑ Public Past State Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 16, 2016.
  11. ↑ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 19, 2015.
  12. ↑ 2005 Football - North II, Group II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 28, 2007.
  13. ↑ 2006 Girls Volleyball - Group II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 29, 2008.
  14. ↑ 2007 Girls Volleyball - Group II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 29, 2008.
  15. ↑ Ryan, Thomas. "High School State Wrestling Championship Final / Champs And Near-Champs / Absegami's Ryan Bridge And Ryan Goodman Earn State Wrestling Titles In Atlantic City", The Press of Atlantic City, March 17, 2003. Accessed August 14, 2011. "Defending champion Black was upset 6-4 in double overtime by Lodi's Jerry Rinaldi in the 189-pound final."
  16. ↑ Morris, Tim. "Parisi second at state wrestling championships", News Transcript, March 15, 2006. Accessed August 14, 2011. "Parisi was writing the final chapter in his illustrious record-breaking career, and looking to become Marlboro's first state champion when he went up against Lodi's Keith Dobish in the 189-pound final.... He lost 3-1 to Dobish on a late, first-period takedown."
  17. ↑ 2003 Baseball Tournament - North I, Group II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed April 25, 2007.
  18. ↑ , DrChud.com, March 12, 2005. Accessed August 23, 2012.
  19. ↑ Miraglia, Mary K. "Happy Birthday To Lodi's Eerie Von", Garfield-Lodi Daily Voice, August 25, 215. Accessed April 4, 2017. "He began using the nickname Eerie when he was a student at Lodi High School."
  20. 1 2 Ozzi, Dan. "An Excessively Deep Dive into The Misfits' High School Yearbooks", Vice (magazine), May 13, 2016. Accessed April 4, 2017. "Let us start with Jerry Only, class of '77. Born Gerald Caiafa, Jerry was, from what I can glean, the coolest motherfucker that ever stepped foot in Lodi High School or possibly any school in the history of education.... Glenn Danzig, born Glenn Anzalone, graduated from Lodi High School in 1973, though the only appearance he makes in any yearbooks is this lone Senior portrait."
  21. ↑ Staff. "Conference Lists; Independents", USA Today, February 11, 1988. Accessed January 28, 2011.
  22. ↑ Offensive Coordinator Rich Skrosky, Monmouth Hawks football. Accessed February 23, 2018. "He served as an assistant coach at St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City in 1984 and later served as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at his alma mater Lodi (N.J.) High School in 1985 and 1986.Skrosky and his wife, the former Suzanne Quentz, reside in Howell, N.J."
  23. ↑ Miller, Stephen. "Robert Zoellner, Alpine Associates Founder, Dies at 82", Bloomberg News, December 31, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2014. "After graduating from Lodi High School in 1950, he attended Lehigh, where he was co-captain of the ice hockey team and enrolled in Air Force ROTC."
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