Bordentown Regional High School opened in 1965, succeeding William McFarland High School. It is the largest school in the Bordentown Regional School District, which was approved by voters in 1982. Original plans to have a new high school building open in September 2005 had to be delayed after construction bids for the project opened in November 2003 came in substantially above the original estimate of $34 million. With the project mostly completed at a cost of $36 million, the high school then relocated to its current building, opening for students on September 11, 2006, with the former high school building becoming Bordentown Regional Middle School. Rowan College at Burlington County offers college-level courses and provides the opportunity to complete associate degree programs at the high school.
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 193rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 200th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 218th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 208th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 172nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. The school received the Governor's School of Excellence Award in 2003; from 2000 to 2003 the number of violent acts in the school fell by 40% and graduation rates increased.
Athletics
The Bordentown Regional High School Scotties compete in the Burlington County Scholastic League, which consists of public and non-public high schools covering Burlington County, Mercer County and Ocean County in Central Jersey, operating under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. With 557 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as Central Jersey, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 498 to 750 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the Liberty Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as South Jersey Group II for football for 2018-20. The school operates as the host school / lead agency for a cooperative wrestling program with Florence Township Memorial High School, under an agreement that expires at the end of the 2019-20 school year. The boys' basketball team won the 2006 Central Jersey Group I state sectional title, edging Metuchen High School by a score of 75-73 in the tournament final. The girls' softball team made it to the 2006 Central Jersey Group I tournament as the number 1 seed, defeating Middlesex High School 2-0 in the first round and Metuchen High School by a score of 10-0 in the second round, before losing to New Egypt High School by a score of 3-2 in the tournament final. The boys' bowling team in the 2004-05 year were the 2005 Freedom Division Champions, The 2005 Burlington County Scholastic Champions and took 2nd in the NJSIAA state tournament. The girls' bowling team won the Group I state championship four times in a span of five years, taking the title in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011. The girls' soccer team won the state sectional tournament but lost in the state tournament finals in Group I in 1986, 1987 and 1991 and in Group II in 2012.
Administration
The school's principal is Rob Walder. His core administration team includes three assistant principals.
Notable alumni
Len Boone, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
