1743 Route31
Clinton, NJ 08809

NHHS has a robust offering of AP courses for motivated students. I was able to graduate with nearly a full year’s worth of college credits, which translates to tens of thousands of dollars in college tuition savings. I felt that I was more academically prepared than many of my college peers. The school is large, which is a good thing IMO. That translates to more advanced class offerings, clubs, competitive sports programs, etc. The overall school size is small enough that you know (or at least know-of) most of your peers.I felt that the overall school community was good, but we had a fairly homogenous student body. I had to wait until college to get a real diversity of background and perspective. It took a year or two for the class to coalesce because kids are sent from five different local districts. I think it was definitely easier for kids coming from Clinton township than the other, smaller districts.

The bathrooms in this school are ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS. To start, there is hair in the crevices of the mirrors and the soap dispensers. There is woman blood on the floors (everywhere) and the toilets are rarely cleaned. There is mold growing on the bottom of the toilets. During study hall/ hawk time, old ladies come into the bathrooms to clean, which is in appropriate for middle schoolers. They also do not restock the pads and tampons in the bathrooms aswell.

This is an all-around amazing school. Academically, it s top-notch. It s big --something like 600 students in 4th 5th & 6th grades but the people working in the office address every parent by name. The teachers are not just outstanding educators; they are also warm, sweet people who try to connect with each child. My daughter is a pretty sensitive, emotional girl (as are many 10yr-olds) and she has developed close bonds with all her teachers. She s very happy there and she s doing very well. She requires accommodations for a mild hearing impairment and the school couldn t be more supportive. Rather than trying to dictate her accommodations to me (as her last school did), and quibble over expenditures, they deferred to her audiologist s instructions, copied them, word for word, into her education plan, and follow them (detailed as they are) to the letter.

I would consider Spruce Run School 5 -star School. My kids are so content being part of this well prepared, caring, loving staff that our kids encounter everyday.