Type Public high school Principal Jeff Spector Grades 9-12 Founded 2003 Colors Forest Green, Vegas Gold | Established 2003 Faculty 110.7 FTEs Phone +1 609-268-4600 Athletics conference Olympic Conference | |
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Asst. principals Brad Bauer
John Bowden
William Cornell
Patricia LaBouff
David Maier Address 110 Carranza Rd, Tabernacle, NJ 08088, USA District Lenape Regional High School District Similar Mooresto High School, Cherry Hill West High School, Triton Regional High Sch, Paul VI High School, Cherry Hill East High School Profiles | ||
Seneca High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Burlington County, New Jersey that operates as part of the Lenape Regional High School District. The district serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Evesham Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township, Mount Laurel Township, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township. Seneca High School serves students from four of the communities: Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township. Seneca is the newest of the Lenape Regional High School District's four high schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 2008.
Contents
- Awards recognition and rankings
- Athletics
- Other high schools in the district
- Administration
- Notable alumni
- References
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,199 students and 110.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1. There were 117 students (9.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 38 (3.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 111th-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 119th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 135th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 134th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 258th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Schooldigger.com ranked the school 82nd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 14 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (89.5%) and language arts literacy (95.9%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
Athletics
The Seneca High School Golden Eagles participate in the Olympic Conference (New Jersey), which consists of public and private high schools located in Burlington County and Camden County and operates under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 945 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 794 to 1,076 students in that grade range. Seneca has an abundance of activities available to its students through its sports programs. The school goes by the moniker the Golden Eagles, which narrowly beat out other contending names, such as the Sacagaweas, Apaches, and the Squantos.
The boys' track team coached by Rich Watson, a physics teacher at Seneca, has enjoyed moderate success with standouts such as the 2006 shuttle hurdle team, and record setting performances by Drew Kanz-Oshea in the High Jump: 7'1 (2009), and Michael Maira in the Pole Vault: 15'0" (2008-2010). Both were multiple-time state champions.
The 2006 football team made it to South Jersey Group III Final and lost to Lacey Township High School 12-0. The loss ended the team's undefeated season. The team finished 11-1, ranked #1 among South Jersey Large Schools by the Courier-Post.
The 2006 girls' tennis team won the South, Group III state sectional championship with a pair of 5-0 wins, defeating Ocean City High School in the semifinals and Shawnee High School in the finals.
The baseball team won the 2007 NJSIAA Group III state championship, defeating Ocean Township High School 5-4 in the semifinals and Cranford High School 5-2 in the group final. The team also won the Group III state championship in 2011, defeating Paramus High School by a score of 12-3 in the tournament final.
The girls' track team won the Group III state indoor relay championship in 2009.
The 2014 and 2015 boys lacrosse teams advanced to the South Jersey Group II state championship games. Attackman Kevin Gray named 2015 US Lacrosse High School All American.
In 2016, Joe Manchio became the school's first individual state champion in wrestling at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. He won the 106 pound state title, defeating Paulsboro High School's Nick Duca 5-4.
Other high schools in the district
Other schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are: