Grades 9-12 Business administrator James H. Hager Student-teacher ratio 12.02:1 Number of students 7,064 Faculty 587.6 | Superintendent Carol L. Birnbohm Enrollment 7,064 (as of 2012-13) District Factor Group GH Schools 5 | |
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The Lenape Regional High School District is a comprehensive regional public high school district that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from eight municipalities in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. The communities in the district are Evesham Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township, Mount Laurel Township, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township. The eight municipalities cover a combined area of 350 square miles (910 km2) which represents roughly one-third of the entire area of Burlington County, the largest county in New Jersey. Each of the eight communities served by the Lenape District has its own elementary school district. Each elementary school district is governed by its own nine-member board of education which oversees the school budget and the education of students in Kindergarten through eighth grade.
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Map of Lenape Regional High School District, NJ, USA
As of the 2012-13 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 7,064 students and 587.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.02:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
District schools
When the public school students in each of the sending districts graduate from eighth grade, they are sent to one of the four high schools that fall under the jurisdiction of the Lenape Regional High School District. Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
Two non-profit foundations support the Lenape District, raising funds to support scholarships for students, facilities improvements and a 1,500-seat regional performing arts center, which is home to the Cherokee's theater program.
History
The Lenape District was created as the result of a 1955 referendum. A property in Medford Township was purchased in 1957 as the site for Lenape High School, which opened in the 1958-59 school year with 548 students in 9th and 10th grades only. By the 1961-62 school year, Lenape was on double sessions with approximately 1,500 students. In July 1961, an addition to the original building was started, with a second addition dedicated on January 17, 1965.
A 1967 referendum led to development of Shawnee High School, which opened in the southeastern end of Medford Township for the 1971-72 school year, while Cherokee High School opened in Evesham Township for the 1975-76 school year. Seneca High School opened in 2003, after district voters approved a referendum in 1997 to accommodate district enrollment nearing 7,000.
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are: