Eastern Intermediate High School
Encyclopedia
Eastern Intermediate High School is a public high school for students in grades nine to ten from three communities in Camden County
, New Jersey
, United States
, as part of the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District
. The school serves students from Berlin Borough
, Gibbsboro
and Voorhees Township
. The high school is located in Voorhees Township. Students move on to Eastern High School
for grades eleven and twelve.
Eastern has a multi-cultural and diverse population with 77% white, 8% African-American, 12% Asian, and 3% Latino. The district was established in 1965, with 35 professional staff and 495 students. Eastern Intermediate High School was completed in 1992. As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,135 students and 69.0 classroom teachers (on a FTE
basis, for a student–teacher ratio of 16.4. As a comprehensive secondary school, Eastern is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education
.
The average academic class size is 24. Daily student attendance averages more than 92.5% and the annual dropout rate is less than 2%.
magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 58th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state. In the September 2008 issue of Philadelphia Magazine, Eastern was ranked 32nd among The Top Fifty Public School Districts .
Camden County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census the population of Camden County was 60.28% Non-Hispanic white, 18.45% Non-Hispanic black, 1.12% Hispanic blacks, 0.17% Non-Hispanic Native American, 0.15% Hispanic Native Americans, 5.07% Non-Hispanic Asian, and 0.14% non-Hispanics reporting some other race...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, as part of the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District
Eastern Camden County Regional High School District
The Eastern Camden County Regional High School District is a limited-purpose, public regional school district for students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Camden County, New Jersey...
. The school serves students from Berlin Borough
Berlin, New Jersey
Berlin is a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,588.Berlin was incorporated as a borough on March 29, 1927, from portions of Berlin Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 26,...
, Gibbsboro
Gibbsboro, New Jersey
Gibbsboro is a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 2,274.Gibbsboro was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1924, from portions of Voorhees Township, based on the results of a...
and Voorhees Township
Voorhees Township, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 28,126 people, 10,489 households, and 7,069 families residing in the township. The population density was 2,424.0 people per square mile . There were 11,084 housing units at an average density of 955.2 per square mile...
. The high school is located in Voorhees Township. Students move on to Eastern High School
Eastern High School (New Jersey)
Eastern High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school for students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District...
for grades eleven and twelve.
Eastern has a multi-cultural and diverse population with 77% white, 8% African-American, 12% Asian, and 3% Latino. The district was established in 1965, with 35 professional staff and 495 students. Eastern Intermediate High School was completed in 1992. As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,135 students and 69.0 classroom teachers (on a FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis, for a student–teacher ratio of 16.4. As a comprehensive secondary school, Eastern is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education
New Jersey Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered in Trenton.The Department is responsible for ensuring that...
.
The average academic class size is 24. Daily student attendance averages more than 92.5% and the annual dropout rate is less than 2%.
Awards and recognition
The school was the 79th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey MonthlyNew Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of possible interest to residents of the United States state of New Jersey...
magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 58th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state. In the September 2008 issue of Philadelphia Magazine, Eastern was ranked 32nd among The Top Fifty Public School Districts .
Noted alumni
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External links
- Eastern Camden County Regional High School District
- Data for the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...