Hackettstown High School

599 Warren Street

School District

Hackettstown Public
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on August 23, 2024

This used to be a nice town/school district. I used to coach my kids in 3 different sports. But, thanks to the Mayor and the money hungry town council, it is now it is overrun by multiple vape shops, teenage spanish gangs (yes, seriously), drug riddled and the school is wholly unsafe. They do nothing to protect the kids. Do not let the "College town" or "cute Main Street with lots of cute shops" fool you. This district spent over 100K+ installing vape detectors in the bathroom stalls, instead of addressing a no tolerance policy for substances/behavior. They love to give ridiculous reprimands; detention, ISS and OSS for silly forgetting a school ID, or just walking in the hall during 'attendance sweeps'. Instead of having lockdowns for safety, the school has lockdowns multiple times a month for so many kids having medical emergencies aka "greening out" = a kid passing out from getting too high. This High School and town is so bad that I would compare it to Newark or Camden at this point. Homeless people are now a normal sighting; sleeping on benches or begging in front of stores/liquor establishments. DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE!! Stay far away from this town. I've lived here for over a decade and a half and I am currently looking to relocate due to the rampant drug use and terrifying gangs that run this town.
Submitted by other on February 06, 2022

Some very bad teachers at this school, and even worse staff. They do not care about your child’s learning, avoid this school if you can.
Submitted by other on November 02, 2020

Tell your teachers to keep politics out of it !!!!!!!!! IT IS NOT YOUR JOB TO TEACH YOUR VIEW ON POLITICS TO FRESHMAN !!!! YOU SHOULD BE FIRED !!!!!!!! NOW !!!!!!
Submitted by parent on December 14, 2016

My kids were miserable there for sure.
Submitted by student on June 02, 2011

Hackettstown High School definitely isn't as bad as people say it is. If you give a reason for people to be upset with you then they will but you can find that in any school. I am in all honors and in band and chorus and i have never been made fun of once for being too smart. The teachers are okay and most are very passionate for their job. There may be one or two that you need to ask for more help because some teachers seem to teach different from how people are used to being taught but all you have to do is ask guidance for a tutor or ask the teacher for help and they will be willing to get you any help you need. Plus there are always National Honors Society students looking for kids to help know the material in classes. Having kids come from a couple towns gives the students opportunities to meet some really nice people too. Sometimes you will come across a person that will tease you but if you ask them to stop they most likely will people are respectful to each other but students can get disrespectful to substitute teachers. All together I like going to Hackettstown High School