The John F. Kennedy Memorial High School Mustangs compete in the Greater Middlesex Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools located in the greater Middlesex County area, operating under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 1,008 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range. The football team competes in Division 5D of the Big Central Football Conference, which includes 60 public and private high schools in Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, Union and Warren counties, which are broken down into 10 divisions by size and location. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV North for football for 2018–2020. Together with Woodbridge High School, the school has participated in a cooperative ice hockey program with Colonia High School as the host school / lead agency, under an agreement scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. The 1978 football team finished the season with an 8-3 record after winning the Central Jersey Group III state sectional title by defeating North Hunterdon High School by a score of 23-6 in a game in which the team's kicker tied a state record for successful field goals. The softball team won the Group III state championship in 1988, defeating runner-up Ramsey High School in the tournament finals. The 2009 boys' baseball team finished the season with a 24-4 record after defeating Shawnee High School by a score of 5-2 in the tournament final to win the Group III state championship, which is the only group state title in the program's history. The boys' soccer team won the 2005 Central Jersey Group II state sectional championship with a victory over Roselle Park High School, the first soccer state title in the school's history, and earning Ed Bobal honors from the Home News Tribune as its coach of the year. The softball team won the 2007 North II Group III state sectional championship with a 2–1 win over South Plainfield High School. The team repeated as the 2008 North II Group III state sectional champions with a 5–0 win in the tournament final over crosstown rival Colonia High School. Administration The school's principal is James Parry. His administration team includes two vice