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Montclair High School
Montclair, New Jersey

• The principal and four assistant principals manage the operation of the school.
• About 60 percent of the 1,500-student population are students of color, including 50 percent African American and 5 percent Asian.
• There are 165 full-time teachers, in addition to counselors, administrators, and support staff.
• In the 1999-2000 school year, about 55 percent of Montclair's 11th-graders met the state benchmark for reading and writing. But in the 2000-2001 school year, 76 percent of students met reading standards and 85 percent met writing standards. In math, the percent meeting the standards increased from 64 to 69 percent.
• Attendance data showed that students who participated in the SLCs were absent from school an average of 10.4 days while those not enrolled in SLCs averaged 14.38 absences.

- From Montclair High School reports