As of the 2024–25 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 725 students and 86.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.4:1.[1]
History
Constructed at a cost of $1.3million (equivalent to $13.5million in 2024), the district's high school opened on September 10, 1962, with a dedication ceremony conducted on November 5 of that year.[3] The school opened with 630 students in grades 7-12, replacing the former Atlantic Highlands High School.[4]
In September 2023, voters in both Atlantic Highlands and Highlands approved a ballot measure that would consolidate the two K–6 districts with the Henry Hudson regional district to form a single K–12 district starting in the 2024–25 school year.[5] The consolidation was completed in July 2024.[6] In 2024, a meeting between the three school district's boards of trustees stated that Sea Bright would have to re-establish its non-operating school district to join Henry Hudson, though there is no provision in New Jersey law to permit this. Students from Sea Bright attend the Oceanport School District for grades K–8 and Shore Regional High School for grades 9–12; both districts filed legal challenges opposing Sea Bright's efforts to end their sending relationship and join the consolidated K–12 Henry Hudson District.[7]
The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.[22] Seats on the board are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with five seats assigned to Highlands and four to Atlantic Highlands.[23][24]
↑About Henry Hudson, Henry Hudson Regional School District. Accessed January 27, 2026. "On July 1, 2024, the independent school districts of Atlantic Highlands and Highlands successfully completed the process of regionalization, officially unifying the Henry Hudson Regional School District to create the newly expanded Henry Hudson Regional School District. This comprehensive, PreK - grade 12 regional school district serves the students from the Boroughs of Atlantic Highlands and Highlands and operates three schools.... Governed by a nine-member Board of Education comprised of elected members from Atlantic Highlands and Highlands, the administrators, teachers, and staff of the Henry Hudson Regional School District are dedicated to the success of our students."
↑Staff. "Dedication at Jersey School", The New York Times, November 4, 1962. Accessed October 7, 2019. "Dedication ceremonies will be held at 2:30 P.M. tomorrow for the new Henry Hudson Regional High School overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and Sandy Hook Bay here. The $1,300,000 school opened on Sept. 10."
↑Geraghty, Peter. "Henry Hudson Students at Home in Highlands", Asbury Park Press, October 8, 1962. Accessed April 3, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Henry Hudson Regional School is located atop the rolling hills of Highlands, in a beautiful woodland setting overlooking the Shrewsbury River and the Atlantic Ocean. Henry Hudson serves 632 students from Atlantic Highlands and Highlands. Of these, 228 are in the seventh and eighth grades, and 454 are in the high school.... Students from Highlands and Atlantic High lands attended the old Atlantic Highlands High School until last June."
↑Jennings, Rob. "N.J. voters approve merging 3 school districts into 1", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 27, 2023. Accessed May 15, 2024. "The K-6 school districts in Highlands and Atlantic Highlands will be joining the Henry Hudson Regional School District, which already serves students from both municipalities, starting in July 2024."
↑Silakowski, Ian. "AH Council Introduced to New Tri-District Superintendent"Archived October 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , Atlantic Highlands Herald, March 2, 2014. Accessed October 13, 2014. "The first new order of business involved Atlantic Highlands Board of Education President Saranne Weimer introducing Susan Compton, the Tri-District Superintendent of Schools for Atlantic Highlands and Highlands Elementary, and Henry Hudson Regional School."
↑Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Henry Hudson Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2024. Accessed January 27, 2026. "The Board of Education is comprised of five members from Highlands and four members from Atlantic Highlands.... The Henry Hudson Regional School District is a Type II district located in the County of Monmouth, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades 7-12. The operations of the District include one Regional Middle School/High School, located in the Highlands. " See "Roster of Officials" on page 14.
↑School Board Members, Henry Hudson Regional High School. Accessed January 27, 2026.
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