Camp Lejeune High School - Camp Lejeune, North Carolina/NC

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Camp Lejeune High School

835 Stone Street, Camp Lejeune, NC, 28547-2520 -

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Definition of Terms

Camp Lejeune High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Onslow County, NC

Students & Faculty

Total Students

406 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

37 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 129 students

Grade 10 - 91 students

Grade 11 - 102 students

Grade 12 - 84 students

This School

(NC) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:11

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NC) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	1%	2%
% Hispanic	13%	5%
% Black	25%	31%
% White	54%	59%
% Unknown	7 %	2%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NC) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

n/a

27%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

n/a

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NC) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

North Carolina School District

This School's Agency

(NC) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	17	12
Number of Students Managed	7,549 students	6,210 students
District Total Revenue	n/a	$47,973,000
District Expenditure	n/a	$45,994,000
District Revenue / Student	n/a	$7,725
District Expenditure / Student	n/a	$7,406
District Graduation Rates	n/a	74%

Lejeune High School (IPA lə-'dʒun) is a high school located on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune near Jacksonville, North Carolina. The school is operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of seven in the Camp Lejeune Dependant Schools (CLDS), which include one high school, one middle school, and five elementary schools.
Lejeune High School is the only high school located at Camp Lejeune. Its enrollment averages approximately 510 students, varying from Red Day to Gold Day. The students are dependents of military personnel and must either live on base (either at Camp Lejeune or at Marine Corps Air Station New River) or be on the on a list to get into base housing in order to be eligible to attend LHS.
History
The Early Years
Camp Lejeune was founded in 1941. Camp Lejeune High School (CLHS) was founded in 1944, with the first class to graduate being the Class of 1945. In the early days of Camp Lejeune High School, the school was led by a principal and a Marine Officer. With having Marine Officer as part of the faculty, certain military expectations were expected and adhered to such as grooming standards and locker inspections.
Both Camp Lejeune and Camp Lejeune High School take their namesakes from John A. Lejeune, the 13th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps. The students decided in 1944 to take the moniker "Devilpups". This reference is due to the Marine Corps having the nickname of Devil Dogs and Camp Lejeune being a Marine Corps base.
The first campus that housed Camp Lejeune High School was located on Brewster Boulevard. In 1961, a new campus was built, the school moved to 1290 Stone Street, which housed Brewster Middle School for a time before a new campus was built for that school. A new campus was built for the high school in 1990. Camp Lejeune High School changed its name to Lejeune High School in 1968.
Campus
Currently the campus for Lejeune High is located with its main entrance on Stone Street and another entrance on Brewster Boulevard. The school has land cleared, but continues to use the track and fields located at the current Brewster Middle School.
Principals
Mr. Kerstetter 1944 - 1945
Mr. Powell 1945 - 1946
Mr. R.C. Beemon 1946 - 1947
Mr. Benjamin A. Barringer 1947 - 1958
Mr. B.R. Oliver 1958 - 1959
Mr. George Durr 1959 - 1966
Dr. Conrad Sloan 1966 - 1972
Dr. Duane Linker 1972 - 1976
Mr. H.S. Parker 1976 - 1985
Dr. Tom Hagar 1985 - 1991
Dr. Rick Scroggs 1991 - 1994
Dr. Brenda Johnson 1994 - 2002
Mrs. Martha Brown 2002 - 2004
Mr. Dan Osgood 2004 - 2007
Mrs. Wynonia Chevis 2007 - current
Notes
Its athletic teams are known as the Devilpups, as the majority of the students have family in the Marines, or the Navy, since the Marines do not have their own healthcare and religious services. (Marines are known as Devil Dogs.) The school excels in basketball and Cross Country (2008-2009 Men's Regional Champions) and fields average scholastic wrestling and soccer teams. The 2008-2009 soccer team is set to dominate the Coastal Plains conference. Most other athletic accomplishments can be attributed to Coach Childs.
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External links
Lejeune Alumni. Retrieved 2006-08-26.

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