Pope John XXIII Regional High School is a Roman Catholic high school in Sparta Township, New Jersey. The school was founded in 1956, originally as Our Lady Of The Lake School and is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson. The school name was changed to honor Pope John XXIII after his death in 1963.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 916 students and 66.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
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