Carteret High School

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Carteret High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Carteret in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, as the lone secondary school of the Carteret School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1929.As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,033 students and 78.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1. There were 548 students (53.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 127 (12.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.Advanced Placement (AP) courses are offered in AP Biology. The Project Acceleration Program allows students to receive college credit from Seton Hall University and over 200 other colleges and universities. Schedule permitting, students may also earn college credits by attending classes at Middlesex County College.