James Caldwell High School

James Caldwell High School
Address
265 Westville Avenue

, ,
07006

United States
Coordinates40°50′25″N 74°17′50″W / 40.8402°N 74.297359°W / 40.8402; -74.297359
Information
TypePublic high school
Motto"A Place of Possibilities"
Established1910
School districtCaldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools
NCES School ID340258002008
PrincipalJim Devlin
Faculty77.0 FTEs
Grades9-12
Enrollment772 (as of 2023–24)
Student to teacher ratio10.0:1
Color(s)  Blue and
  white
Athletics conferenceSuper Essex Conference (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team nameChiefs / Lady Chiefs
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Websitewww.cwcboe.org/o/jchs

James Caldwell High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in West Caldwell, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools, which serves students from both Caldwell and West Caldwell. The school is named after American Revolutionary War figure Reverend James Caldwell. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1928.

As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 772 students and 77.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.0:1. There were 55 students (7.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 7 (0.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.