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Glassboro High School

560 Joseph L. Bowe Blvd, Glassboro, NJ, 08028 -

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Definition of Terms

Glassboro High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Gloucester County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

703 students

% Male / % Female

49% / 51%

Total Classroom Teachers

55 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 197 students

Grade 10 - 185 students

Grade 11 - 169 students

Grade 12 - 148 students

Grade Not Listed - 4 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:13

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	5%	7%
% Hispanic	6%	15%
% Black	37%	17%
% White	52%	61%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

21%

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Glassboro School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	5	5
Number of Students Managed	2,411 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$34,809,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$34,244,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$14,438	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$14,203	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	85%	81%

James brothers make Glassboro go (Courier-Post)
posted on November 20, 2009 at 10:09:22 pm
Brothers can be hard on each other growing up.
Second half rally sends Glassboro football to 35-0 victory (Gloucester County Times)
posted on November 15, 2009 at 08:04:25 am
GLASSBORO -- It was a tale of two halves for the No. 1 seed Glassboro High School football team in a 35-0 victory over Palmyra (No. 8) in a NJSIAA South Jersey Group I Quarterfinal contest on Saturday.
Panthers make it interesting for a half (Burlington County Times)
posted on November 15, 2009 at 08:01:35 am
SATURDAY FOOTBALL ROUNDUP - The Palmyra Panthers knew it could be done, a No. 8 seed upsetting a No. 1 seed in the first round of the football playoffs. It happened to Palmyra last year, a loss to Haddon Heights.
Glassboro High School football team survives scare from Kingsway (Gloucester County Times)
posted on November 7, 2009 at 08:34:06 am
GLASSBORO All Kingsway Regional High School junior quarterback Rondell Gilmore could do in the post-game huddle was put his arm around his kicker and console him.
Presidential visit to S.J. an infrequent event in recent years (Courier-Post)
posted on November 1, 2009 at 12:17:48 pm
Barack Obama's visit to Camden today is his second to the Garden State in two weeks -- a rare occurrence for a sitting president in recent times.

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Glassboro High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Glassboro, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Glassboro Public Schools.
On June 19, 1986, President Ronald Reagan became the first sitting president to speak at a high school graduation when he spoke at the Glassboro High School commencement ceremonies.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 710 students and 55.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.8.
The school was the 197th-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 242nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
Glassboro High School participates 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.The 1972 field hockey team completed an undefeated season en route to a state championship. In 2007, the field hockey team won the South Jersey, Group I state sectional championship with a 3-2 win over St. Joseph High School in the tournament final.The 1993 boys' cross country team went undefeated.
The varsity football team is a perennial South Jersey championship contender. The team won the 2007 and 2008 South Group I State Championships with a 24–7 win over rival Paulsboro High School in 2007 and a 28–8 win over Penns Grove High School in 2008.
Administration
Santina Haldeman - Principal
Cynthia Kates - Assistant Principal
Marching Band
The school's marching band was Tournament of Bands Chapter One Champions in 1982 .
Notable alumni
Gary Brackett (Class of 1998), NFL Linebacker of the Super Bowl XLI champion Indianapolis Colts.
Terrence Holmes (Class of 2002), South Jersey's all-time leader in high school touchdown receptions (47) and defensive back for the Florida Gators for three seasons.
Gordon Lockbaum (Class of 1984), attended Holy Cross College in Massachusetts and as a football player there was twice named the New England States Player of the Year, and twice finished in the top five in the Heisman Trophy balloting.
Jarvis Lynch (Class of 1951), retired Major General in the United States Marine Corps.
External links
Glassboro High School
Glassboro Public Schools
Data for the Glassboro Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
South Jersey Sports: Glassboro HS

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About This Zip Code (08028)

School Zip (08028)

(NJ) State Average

Population (Approximate)

20,334 people

8,215,963 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

30%

35%

Population Average Age

27 years old

36 years old

Average Household size

2.7 persons

2.6 persons

Median Household Income

$44,805

$55,509

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.8 rooms

5.6 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

40 years old

47 years old

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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (08028)

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% Owning / % Renting

64% / 36%

62% / 38%

Nearby Schools:

1. Alternative High School Glassboro - 63 students - view location
2. Pitman High School - 501 students - 2.8 mi. away - view location
3. Clayton High School - 328 students - 3.1 mi. away - view location
4. Gloucester City Institutional Of Te High School - 745 students - 3.6 mi. away - view location
5. Washington Township High School - 3059 students - 3.6 mi. away - view location

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