Red Bank Regional High School (often abbreviated RBR) is a comprehensive regional four-year public high school and school district that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from the boroughs of Little Silver, Red Bank and Shrewsbury, three municipalities in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Red Bank Regional High School 2016-17 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 20, 2018. "In addition to our local sending districts of Little Silver, Red Bank, and Shrewsbury, students attend RBR from throughout Monmouth County."County School List N-R, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024.School Performance Reports for the Red Bank Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 1, 2025.Red Bank Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Red Bank Regional High School, adopted October 19, 2011. Accessed January 13, 2026. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Red Bank Regional School District. Composition: The Red Bank Regional School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Little Silver, Red Bank and Shrewsbury Borough." The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1928.Red Bank Regional High School , Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed February 8, 2018. The high school is the only facility of the Red Bank regional High School District.New Jersey School Directory for the Red Bank Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
The school includes a vocational program, which students from anywhere in Monmouth County (who pay tuition, with the exception of in-district students, and students coming from districts where their respective district pays) can attend as a major in one of the many programs, including the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, the Academy of Information Technology, Academy of Finance, Engineering, and Graphic Communications. The school also offers a freshman academy which reduces the size of the school for incoming freshmen by dividing them among three houses. In spring 2009, RBR was approved by the International Baccalaureate (IB) North American Division as an IB school and began offering the IB program to juniors and seniors in the fall of 2009.Red Bank Regional High School, International Baccalaureate. Accessed September 5, 2011. In fall 2009, RBR launched its three-year academies for sophomores, juniors and seniors in the areas of Math & Science, Humanities & Social Studies, International & Cultural Studies, and Sports Medicine & Management.
As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,297 students and 124.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1. There were 344 students (26.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 84 (6.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Red Bank Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 22, 2024.
Red Bank Regional High School is overseen by the New Jersey Department of Education and is a member of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and TechnologyInstitutional Members , National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology. Accessed November 25, 2015. and the National Academy Foundation.
History The original Red Bank High School was opened in 1901.2021-2022 School Profile, Red Bank Regional High School. Accessed January 18, 2022. "Red Bank Regional High School can trace its history back to 1901 when Red Bank High School was established. The Red Bank Regional High School District was formed on November 25, 1969 by the communities of Little Silver, Red Bank, and Shrewsbury. Construction of a new high school building started in the fall of 1972 and the first students attended the new facilities in the 1975–76 school year."
Prior to the establishment of the regional district, students from Holmdel Township, Little Silver and Shrewsbury had attended Red Bank High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship.History of RBRHS , Red Bank Regional High School. Accessed November 10, 2019. "Prior to November 25, 1969, high school students from Little Silver, Shrewsbury and Holmdel attended Red Bank High School, along with Red Bank students, in a special arrangement with the Red Bank Board of Education known as a sending-receiving district agreement. The arrangement was discontinued with the formation of the Red Bank Regional High School District in 1969." The Holmdel Township Public Schools switched from Keyport High School and started sending students to Red Bank in 1962, which ended when the district opened Holmdel High School in September 1973."School Regionalization Idea Remains Alive at Union Beach", Asbury Park Press, October 21, 1973. Accessed November 22, 2020. "It has been in effect since November 1964, after six years of negotiations, during the interim when Keyport and Holmdel Township were studying the possibility of a Keyport-Holmdel high school arrangement. Since then Holmdel has built a high school which opened in September.... But Keyport became the receiving district not only for Holmdel, but Raritan, and Union Beach. Holmdel transferred to Red Bank as a sending district in 1962."
The school district was established in 1969 and used space rented from the Red Bank Borough Public Schools until construction of the new high school building was completed in 1975. This building, at 101 Ridge Road in Little Silver, was constructed on the site of the former Lovett Nursery."Red Bank Regional Bids Seen Within Budget at $7.5 Million", The Daily Register, December 13, 1972. Accessed April 18, 2020. "The 1,500-student school will be built on a 53-acre tract in Little Silver bordered by Harding, Hance and Ridge Roads on the former Lovett Nursery, property. Last year voters in the Little Silver, Red Bank, and Shrewsbury, which comprise the regional district, approved a $9.4 million bond issue for construction and furnishing of the school.- It is scheduled to open in September 1975" The new school replaced one that had opened in 1917, at 101 Harding Road in Red Bank, one mile away on the same road, that now serves as Red Bank Middle School.
Awards, recognition and rankings In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 45th in New Jersey and 1,394th nationwide.Mathews, Jay. , The Washington Post. Accessed September 9, 2011. RBR was named to Newsweeks list of top high schools in the country in its June 2010 article "America's Best High Schools 2010", ranked number 1,557 in the country.Staff. "America's Best High Schools: The List 2010", Newsweek, June 13, 2010.
The school was the 88th-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.Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014. The school had been ranked 41st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 61st in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 2, 2012. The magazine ranked the school 64th in 2008 out of 316 schools.Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 19, 2011. The school was ranked 84th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state."Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 135th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 33 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (84.9%) and language arts literacy (94.1%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment.New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 5, 2012.
Curriculum Red Bank Regional High School offers full year and semester courses. A wide variety of courses are offered to serve the needs and interests of the student body, including the AVID college preparatory program and many Honors, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate courses. Successful completion of required courses for graduation, passing scores on the New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment, and a total of at least 140 credits are necessary to qualify for graduation.
Students may specialize in one of five four-year Career and Technical Education programs: the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, Academy of Information Technology, Academy of Engineering, Academy of Finance, or Academy of Early Childhood Education, or concentrate their studies in one of four three-year small learning communities in Math & Science, Humanities & Social Studies, International & Cultural Studies and Sports Medicine & Management.
Visual and Performing Arts majors specialize in one of nine programs: Media Production, Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, Vocal Music, Piano, Instrumental Music (Strings, Woodwinds, or Brass), Commercial Art or Commercial Photography. These majors typically include multiple classes per day and participation in certain extracurricular events and activities as part of the requirements.
World Language students may choose Spanish, French, or Italian. The Italian program was introduced in the 2012–2013 school year. Many students, especially those in the Humanities and Social Studies and International and Cultural Studies academies, enroll in more than one language.
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