Middle Township High School | |
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Location | |
300 East Atlantic Avenue Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 |
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Type | Public high school |
School district | Middle Township Public Schools |
Principal | Frank Riggitano |
Vice principal | Nancy Loteck |
Faculty | 64.6 FTEs |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 755 (as of 2014-15) |
Student to teacher ratio | 11.7:1 |
Color(s) |
Orange and Black |
Athletics conference | Cape-Atlantic League |
Team name | Panthers |
Website | School website |
Middle Township High School is a four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Middle Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Middle Township Public Schools. In addition to students from Middle Township, students from Avalon, Dennis Township, Stone Harbor and Woodbine attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with their respective school districts.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 755 students and 64.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1. There were 240 students (31.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 44 (5.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school was the 224th-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 194th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 263rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 232nd in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 223rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
The Middle Township High School Panthers compete in the National 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, that operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 536 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 496 to 778 students in that grade range.