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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Camden County, NJ |
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| Total Students |
1220 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
50% /
50% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
72 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 349 students | | Grade 10 - 318 students | | Grade 11 - 281 students | | Grade 12 - 262 students | | Grade Not Listed - 10 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:17 |
1:13 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
3% |
7% |
| % Hispanic |
4% |
15% |
| % Black |
22% |
17% |
| % White |
71% |
61% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
13% |
16% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
6% |
4% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Black Horse Pike Regional School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
3 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
4,194 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$61,287,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$56,044,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$14,613 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$13,363 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
86% |
81% |
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- Highland Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Blackwood, New Jersey. Its mascot is the Tartan.
- The school is part of the Black Horse Pike Regional School District, a regional public high school district serving students in grades 9 through 12 from three communities in Camden County, New Jersey. The sending municipalities are Bellmawr, Gloucester Township, and Runnemede.
- As of the 2005-06 school year, the high school has 349 students in 9th grade, 318 students in 10th grade, 281 students in 11th grade, 262 students in 12th grade, and 10 students who are ungraded. With 1,220 students and 72.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), the school has a student-teacher ratio of 16.7.
- The school was the 269th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 224th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
- The school is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.
- Athletics
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Highland Regional High School competes in the Tri-County Conference, which is composed of schools whose enrollments vary greatly for grades 9-12. The smallest one, Clayton High School, has 249 students enrolled whereas the largest one, Williamstown, has 1,343 students.
- Historically Highland Regionals most successful athletic program has been the wrestling program, winning numerous state championships in a showing of dominance that lasted until the late nineties. Ralph E. Ross was the headcoach during this period of time and became the winnigest high school wrestling coach in South Jersey history. The program produced one of the greatest wrestlers in New Jersey history, Joe Melchiore. Joe lost only three matches his entire career, all during his freshman year. He was a three-time state champion in high school and a four-time All-American selection in college. He also represented the United States of America in the World Championships where he placed 7th. Both Melchiore and Ross were inducted into the South Jersey Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1990. In the auxillery gym of the high school an entire wall is devoted to the past and present accomplishments of the wrestling team.
- In 2004, the girls basketball team won the South, Group III state sectional championship, their first in Group III, with an 82-45 win against Woodrow Wilson High School.
- Marching Band
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The Highland Regional Marching Band has made great strides in the Tournament of Bands competitions since the turn of the millennium.
- The marching band won the Champter One Championship in 2005, the first such championship in the band's history. The band successfully defended their Chapter One Championship in 2006, and were the 2002 Atlantic Coast Invitational Champion in Group 1.
- The school's indoor color guard was the Tournament Indoor Association Scholastic Novice champions in 2006 and the Scholastic Intermediate A champions in 2007.
- The school's indoor drumline was the Tournament Indoor Association Scholastic Open champions in 2001 and the Scholastic A champions in 2005.
- School prayer case
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In 1993, Highland Regional High School students voted to allow a prayer before their graduation ceremony. The school district was quickly sued by a graduating senior with the support of the New Jersey American Civil Liberties Union over separation of church and state. The case was heard by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled against the school district in a 9-4 decision. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. joined the dissenting opinion.
- Administration
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Core members of the school's administration are:
- Frank Palatucci - Principal
- Thomas Storer - 9th Grade Vice-Principal
- Harold Little - 10th Grade Vice-Principal
- Kasha Giddins - 11th Grade Vice-Principal
- Ronald Strauss - 12th Grade Vice-Principal
- Justin Wroblewski - Director of FSU operations
- Notable alumni
- Ryan Buchter, drafted by Washington Nationals in 2005.
- External links
- Highland Regional High School official site
- Highland sports news coverage
- Data for Highland Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics
- Highland Music Webpage
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| About This Zip Code (08012) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
39,208 people |
8,215,963 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
31% |
35% |
| Population Average Age |
36 years old
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36 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.6 persons
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2.6 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$53,479
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$55,509 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
6.1 rooms |
5.6 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
37 years old |
47 years old |
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70% / 30% |
62% / 38% |
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