proficient on the mathematics (86.6%) and language arts literacy (93.7%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA). Athletics James Caldwell High School's teams, nicknamed the Chiefs and Lady Chiefs respectively, compete in the Super Essex Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Essex County and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). James Caldwell had been part of the Northern Hills Conference prior to the 2010 realignment. With 595 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the National White division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II North for football for 2018–2020. The school has had past successes in its football and baseball programs, and has been a perennial contender in girls' volleyball and softball. The school participates as the host school / lead agency in a joint ice hockey team with West Essex High School. The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. Football The football team has won state sectional championships in North II Group III in 1981, in North II Group II in 1991, 1997, 1998 and 2008, the North I Group II regional title in 2021. The team won the first ever overall Group II championship in 2022. The 1981 team finished the season with an 11-0 record, marking the first time the program completed a season unbeaten, after winning the North II Group III state sectional title by scoring 17 unanswered points for a 17-6 comeback win against Rahway High School in the championship game. Down 7-0 and then 14-7, the 1991 team came back to defeat Dover High School by a score of 21-14 in the championship game to win the North II Group II title and finish the season with an 11-0 mark. In 2008, the Caldwell Chiefs football team won the North II, Group II state sectional title with a 22–7 win over Governor Livingston at Giants Stadium, to