170 Hale St
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Kids at this school are extremely underserved and vulnerable. Teachers underpaid and overworked- and the kids take the brunt of all of this. Not enough emphasis on quality education, equity and school involvement for children and thier families. The school constantly fails it’s staff and students. Man students live in poverty and struggle with thier lives at home- not enough support for children or the staff to help support the students.

This school is depends on what you do, there are a lot of drugs and smoking in the bathrooms so if you would like to avoid that there are better highschools to apply to. The fights have calmed down this years and there are barely any, the problem is this principal refuses to be as strict as out past principal and has entirely removed hall sweep which punished students who would skip. The security is good at making sure students do not wander for to long atleast, the teachers are not that bad especially if you are in Honors or AP. They will really push you to help with your skills so I would recommend going for those classes and it just overall looks better, there are good clubs to join and many opportunities for leadership roles if you work hard enough. If you do music the programs they have are fun like marching band or jazz band, the director is a little strict but it's fun and also looks good if you ever apply to college. On the topic of college there is a elective you could try applying for which is AVID which helps getting you prepared for college and what universities you want to apply for! You need to be in 1 honors classes unfortunately but if you are in one then I would recommend applying! If you're interested in college that is. So overall this school isn't the worse, just do not start problems and focus on your academics really and if you're planning for college do take the opportunities to join clubs, sports, or even higher classes! A good club is Key club to get volunteer hours. GO ZEBRAS!