Eastern Intermediate High School Explained

Eastern Intermediate High School
Established:1992
Closed:2012
Type:Public high school
Grades:9-10
Principal:James Talarico
Enrollment:1,093 (as of 2009-10)
Faculty:61 (on FTE basis)
Ratio:17.92:1
Conference:Olympic Conference
Address:Laurel Oak Road
City:Voorhees Township
County:Camden County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:08043
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Coordinates:39.8497°N -74.9667°W

Eastern Intermediate High School was a public high school that served 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 served students from Berlin Borough, Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township. The high school was located in Voorhees Township. In the past students that finished tenth grade moved on to Eastern High School, (now renamed Eastern Regional High School) for eleventh and twelfth grades. The district was established in 1965, with 35 professional staff and 495 students, and Eastern Intermediate High School was completed in 1992.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,063 students and 61 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.92:1. Eastern has a multi-cultural and diverse population with 68.5% White, 14.5% Asian, 9.8% African-American and 4.0% Latino.[1] As a comprehensive secondary school, Eastern was accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.

The average academic class size was 24. Daily student attendance averaged more than 92.5% and the annual dropout rate was less than 2%.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 86th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 79th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[2] The school was ranked 58th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[3] In the September 2008 issue of Philadelphia magazine, Eastern was ranked 32nd among The Top Fifty Public School Districts.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404380&ID=340438000008 Eastern Intermediate High School
  2. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed August 18, 2012.
  3. http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"
  4. http://www.phillymag.com/articles/the_top_50_school_districts_2008/ "The Top 50 School Districts 2008"