Pennsauken High School - Pennsauken, New Jersey/NJ

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Pennsauken High School

800 Hylton Road, Pennsauken, NJ, 08110-1308 -

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Definition of Terms

Pennsauken High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Camden County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1812 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

134 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 402 students

Grade 10 - 418 students

Grade 11 - 426 students

Grade 12 - 398 students

Grade Not Listed - 168 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:14

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	1%	n/a
% Asian	7%	7%
% Hispanic	30%	15%
% Black	37%	17%
% White	25%	61%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

30%

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

12%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Pennsauken Township School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	11	5
Number of Students Managed	5,968 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$81,905,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$76,310,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$13,724	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$12,787	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	78%	81%

Eight inducted into Hot Stovers Hall of Fame (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 05:00:00 pm
John Barr, the current special assistant to the general manager of the San Francisco Giants and a first baseman on Audubon's 1975 Group 2 championship baseball team, is among eight new inductees into the Hot Stovers Baseball Club of South Jersey Hall of Fame.
Miscues leave Red Devils out in the rain (Burlington County Times)
posted on October 25, 2009 at 06:02:55 am
PENNSAUKEN - Things got dreary really fast Saturday at Pennsauken High School.
Marching bands face off at Brick music match (Asbury Park Press)
posted on October 25, 2009 at 02:03:31 am
BRICK — Marching bands from as far away as Cumberland and Passaic counties played in MusicFest, Brick Township High School's Marching Dragon Band's fifteenth annual competition on Saturday.
Scrappiness is behind Sweeney's Trenton rise (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
posted on October 4, 2009 at 05:30:00 am
Stephen Sweeney, a state senator with a low profile but broad shoulders, had picked one of the toughest political fights in Trenton.
Tie doesn't fit Lenape's will to win (Burlington County Times)
posted on September 27, 2009 at 07:48:19 am
PENNSAUKEN - Tie on the road, win at home. It is a mantra tossed around ad nauseam by football coaches and writers. Saturday at Vince McAneney Field, though, that figured in the outcome as host Pennsauken High School beat Lenape 22-21 in the Burlington-Olympic Football League American Division.

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Pennsauken High School is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school that serves students Pennsauken Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Pennsauken Public Schools.
Students from Merchantville attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.
As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,783 students and 128 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.9.
The school was the 290th-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 292nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Sports
The Pennsauken High School Indians participate in the Olympic Conference, which consists of public and private high schools located in Burlington County and Camden County.
The boys basketball team won the Central, Group IV state sectional championship in 2004 with an 83-59 victory in the championship game against Steinert High School.
Marching Band
The school's marching band was Tournament of Bands Chapter One Champions in 1982 (Group 3) and 1985-1987 (Group 4).
Administration
Core members of the school's administration include:
Dennis Vinson - Principal
Michael McGovern - Counseling Assistant Principal
Susan P. Galloza - 11th Grade Assistant Principal
Mathew Keith - 9th Grade Assistant Principal
Tracey Turner - 12th Grade Assistant Principal
Arlene B. Rubin - 10th Grade Assistant Principal
Notable alumni
Al Fisher (born 1986), basketball player for Kent State University; was named 2008 MAC Player of the Year.
David Griggs (1967-1995), San Diego Chargers - played Super Bowl 1994.
Dwight Hicks (1956-), retired San Francisco 49ers - Super Bowl winner. All-Century Philly NFL Team, accessed April 22, 2007.Benevento, Don. "Together again: Pennsauken coach, player enter Hall", Courier-Post, October 16, 2007. Accessed December 18, 2007. "One of those relationships exists between Vince McAneney, the legendary former football football coach at Pennsauken High School, and Dwight Hicks, one of the school's most accomplished players."
Todd McNair (born 1965), USC Trojans football coach and former NFL running back for the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Oilers. Todd McNair, Running Backs Coach, University of Southern California Trojans football. Accessed January 7, 2007.
Allen Payne (born 1968), actor.
Stephen M. Sweeney (born 1959), politician
John Taylor (1962-), retired San Francisco 49ers - Super Bowl winner and made winning TD catch with 0:34 left, in Super Bowl XXIII.
Keith Taylor (1964-), retired NFL.
William Wesley (born 1964), NBA mystery man.French, Alex. "Is this the most powerful man in sports?", GQ. Accessed February 22, 2009.
Joseph Hocker (born 1989), Award Winning Photographer
External links
Pennsauken High School
Pennsauken Public Schools
Data for the Pennsauken Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
South Jersey Sports: Pennsauken HS
Online Alumni Community - for alumni by alumni

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