| Definition of Terms |
Deptford Township High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Gloucester County, NJ |
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| Total Students |
1180 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
51% /
49% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
88 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 327 students | | Grade 10 - 320 students | | Grade 11 - 260 students | | Grade 12 - 246 students | | Grade Not Listed - 27 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:13 |
1:13 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
4% |
7% |
| % Hispanic |
4% |
15% |
| % Black |
21% |
17% |
| % White |
71% |
61% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
18% |
16% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
10% |
4% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Deptford Township School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
9 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
4,445 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$53,301,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$52,968,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$11,991 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$11,916 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
92% |
81% |
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- Deptford Township High School (also Deptford High) is a four-year comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in Deptford Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of the Deptford Township Schools.
- In 2005, 70% of Deptford High graduates went on to college, according to the New Jersey Department of Education.
- The first classes taught at Gloucester County College when it opened in the summer of 1967 were held at Deptford Township High School.
- As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,180 students and 88.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.4.
- The school was the 252nd-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 226th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
- Athletics
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Deptford High School is one of the member schools of 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.
- Deptford's football team won the state sectional championship consecutively in 2003 and 2004 under Head Coach Al Orio. The team won the 2004 title with a 28-21 win over Moorestown High School.
- Extracurricular activities
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In 2003, Deptford's NJROTC (Naval Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps) program was established.The school's marching band finished in first place at the 2007 United States Scholastic Band Association National Championships, competing as a Group I band at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland on November 16, 2007, with a score of 96.00. They were under the direction of Mr. Michael Armstrong, graduate of DTHS (1999) and College of NJ (2003).Deptford received its National Honor Society charter in 1960 and has been actively inducting members since.Unique to the school is its "Culture Club", which allows studentsto participate in extra-curricular field trips throughout the academic year. The Culture Club has done over 240 such trips since 1978, including all the major cultural, athletic and entertainment sites in the Delaware Valley, along with annual charter bus trips to N.Y.City, Washington DC, Lancaster, PA or Baltimore.
- Administration
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Core members of the school's administration are:
- Gary Swenson, Principal
- Maureen Bilda, Vice-Principal
- Jonathan Collins, Vice-Principal
- Fran Harwell, Vice-Principal
- Notable alumni
- Dave Rowe (born 1945), former American football player, who played in the NFL from 1967-1978.
- Patti Smith (born 1946), singer-songwriter and 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
- External links
- Deptford High School Official Web Site
- Deptford Township Schools
- Data for the Deptford Township Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- South Jersey Sports: Deptford HS
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (08096) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
32,951 people |
8,215,963 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
27% |
35% |
| Population Average Age |
38 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 |
$49,702
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$55,509 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
6 rooms |
5.6 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
50 years old |
47 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
74% / 26% |
62% / 38% |
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