Voorhees High School | |
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Location | |
256 County Route 513 Glen Gardner, NJ 08826 |
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Type | Public high school |
Established | 1975 |
School district | North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District |
Principal | Ronald Peterson |
Asst. principal | Susan Hammerstone Janice Van Etten |
Faculty | 88.4 FTEs |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1,067 (as of 2014-15) |
Student to teacher ratio | 12.1:1 |
Color(s) |
Cardinal and gold |
Athletics conference | Skyland Conference |
Team name | Vikings |
Website | School website |
Voorhees High School is a four-year public high school located in Lebanon Township, New Jersey, named for Foster MacGowan Voorhees, the 30th Governor of New Jersey. It is one of two high schools in the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from six municipalities in northern Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1977.
Students come from the sending districts of Califon Borough, Glen Gardner Borough, Hampton Borough, High Bridge Borough, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,067 students and 88.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1. There were 44 students (4.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 14 (1.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
In 2015, Voorhees High School was one of 15 schools in New Jersey, and one of nine public schools, recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in the exemplary high performing category by the United States Department of Education.