The school selectively admits students from Monmouth County, accepting about 70-75 per year.[4] All classes taken by students within the school are accelerated, honors-level classes. Students who attend this school tend to score in high percentiles on most standardized tests and the SAT, and nearly always attend four-year colleges (usually 98-100%).
As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 304 students and 22.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1. There were 3 students (1.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 3 (1.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]
The school opened in 1996. The school's early development, including construction and curriculum creation, was overseen by Timothy M. McCorkell, who was the school's first principal until the end of the 2001–02 school year, when he was promoted to Assistant Superintendent at Monmouth County Vocational School District.[6] He was later Superintendent in 2009. Following McCorkell was Scott Taylor. Taylor resigned after the 2004–05 school year to take a position at the Little Silver School District. Robert V. Cancro took the position after Scott Taylor left.
Following Robert Cancro's retirement at the end of the 2010–11 school year, Paul Mucciarone became principal.[7]
Awards and recognition
The Academy of Allied Health & Science has been recognized for many awards, including:
In its listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", the school was ranked 12th out of 500 best high schools in the country; it was ranked fifth among all high schools in New Jersey.[8]
Ranked the 4th best high school in the country for STEM in 2013.[9]
Newsweek named the school 9th overall among the nearly 30,000 public high schools in the U.S. in their rankings of "America's Top High Schools 2015" released in August 2015; The school was ranked 6th in New Jersey.[10]
For the 1999–2000 school year, it was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.[13]
The school was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.[14]
National Service Learning Leader School 1998–1999, 2005
Ranked one of 16 schools tied for first out of 381 public high schools statewide in 2011 (unchanged from the 2010) by Schooldigger.com, based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy (100.0%) and mathematics (100.0%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[16]
The Asbury Park Press wrote an article following the students of the Academy of Allied Health and Science for a day.[17]
^Barker, Sarah. "America's 800-Meter Savior Has Finally Arrived", Deadspin, June 12, 2015. Accessed July 6, 2016. "Wilson proved a stalwart point-earner for her high school track team, the imaginatively named Academy of Allied Health and Science, regularly competing in the 400, 800, 1600, 4x400 and often the sprint and distance medley relays, in both indoor and outdoor seasons."
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