Pinelands Regional High School | |
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Location | |
590 Nugentown Road Tuckerton, NJ 08087 |
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Coordinates | Coordinates: 39°36′48″N 74°21′44″W / 39.613208°N 74.362346°W |
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Type | Public high school |
Established | September 1979 |
School district | Pinelands Regional School District |
Superintendent | Dr. MaryAnn Banks |
Principal | Shaun Banin |
Asst. principals | Darren Hickman Michael Tash |
Faculty | 81.8 FTEs |
Grades | 10-12 |
Enrollment | 815 (as of 2014-15) |
Student to teacher ratio | 10.0:1 |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) |
Green Gold |
Athletics conference | Shore Conference |
Team name | Wildcats |
Publication | The Scratching Post |
Yearbook | A Cat Tale |
Website | School website |
Pinelands Regional High School (PRHS) is a three-year regional public high school that serves students in tenth through twelfth grades from Eagleswood Township, Little Egg Harbor Township and Tuckerton Borough in Ocean County and from Bass River Township, in Burlington County, in New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Pinelands Regional School District. The school is overseen by the New Jersey Department of Education and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1986.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 815 students and 81.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.0:1. There were 229 students (28.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 67 (8.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school was the 185th-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 173rd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 262nd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 241st in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 254th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.