Type Public high school Faculty 193.7 FTEs Phone +1 609-653-0100 Athletics conference Cape-Atlantic League | Principal Dr. Terry Charlton Grades 9-12 Color Black | |
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School district Egg Harbor Township Schools Asst. principals Joel S. Chisholm
Mark Walter
Carleena Supp
George West Address 24 High School Dr, Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234, USA | ||
Egg Harbor Township High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Egg Harbor Township in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Egg Harbor Township Schools.
Contents
- Egg harbor township high school fall pep rally 2015
- Awards recognition and rankings
- Curriculum
- Athletics
- Marching band
- Administration
- Notable alumni
- References
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,360 students and 193.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1. There were 844 students (35.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 266 (11.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Egg harbor township high school fall pep rally 2015
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 173rd-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 213th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 227th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 217th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 154th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 268th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (a decrease of 47 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
The school yearbook received a Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Medal in 2000.
Curriculum
The school offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses in AP Computer Science A, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP French Language, AP German Language, AP Spanish Language, AP United States History, AP World History, AP United States Government and Politics, AP Psychology, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics B, AP Physics C, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Latin: Vergil, AP Microeconomics and AP Macroeconomics.
The school offers a business curriculum, including classes such as Introduction to Business and College Accounting.
Athletics
The Egg Harbor Township High School Eagles compete in the Atlantic Division of the Cape-Atlantic League, an athletic conference consisting of both parochial and public high schools located in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, and Gloucester County, operating under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 1,762 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,082 to 1,934 students in that grade range.
Egg Harbor Township has the following interscholastic athletic teams:
Fall: Cheerleading, Boys' & Girls' Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, Boys' & Girls' Soccer, Girls' Tennis.
Winter: Cheerleading, Boys' & Girls' Basketball, Boys' & Girls' Swimming, Boys' & Girls' Diving, Boys' & Girls' Indoor Track & Field, Wrestling.
Spring: Baseball, Boys' & Girls' Crew (5 S.R.A.A. Gold National Championships), Golf, Boys' & Girls' Lacrosse, Softball, Boys' Tennis, Boys' & Girls' Outdoor Track & Field.
The girls' basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1992, defeating Pascack Valley High School in the tournament final.
The football team captured the Cape Atlantic League title and had been undefeated until they lost by a score of 14-0 to Cherokee High School in the South Jersey Group IV state sectional title game, ending the season with a record of 11-1. The team had won the South Jersey Group III state sectional championships in both 1992 and 1993.
The wrestling team won the South Jersey Group III state sectional championship in 2001.
Marching band
The school's marching band was Tournament of Bands Chapter One Champion in 1988 (Group 1) and State Champion 2006 (Group 4). In 2008, the band was overall Cavalcade of Bands State Champion throughout all groups. In 2009, the band won state champions and the percussion section won Best Percussion in the Cavalcade of Bands Circuit in the Yankee Conference (group 4). In 2010, the band placed 2nd out of 9 bands in the Liberty A division (Cavalcade of Bands) winning the captions for Best Percussion, Best Visual, and Best Music. In 2011, the band tied for 6th place out of 15 bands in the American Open division, (Cavalcade of Bands), placing as New Jersey State Champions, with their show titled "Rise Above".
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are: