Eastern Intermediate High School
Eastern Intermediate High School was a public high school that served students in grades nine to ten from three communities in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District. The school served students from Berlin Borough, Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township. The high school was located in Voorhees Township. In the past students that finished tenth grade moved on to Eastern High School, (now renamed Eastern Regional High School) for eleventh and twelfth grades. The district was established in 1965, with 35 professional staff and 495 students, and Eastern Intermediate High School was completed in 1992.
| Eastern Intermediate High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
Laurel Oak Road , , 08043 | |
| Coordinates | 39°50′59″N 74°58′00″W / 39.8497°N 74.9667°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1992 |
| Closed | 2012 |
| Principal | James Talarico |
| Faculty | 61 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9-10 |
| Enrollment | 1,093 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.92:1[1] |
| Athletics conference | Olympic Conference |
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,063 students and 61 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.92:1. Eastern has a multi-cultural and diverse population with 68.5% White, 14.5% Asian, 9.8% African-American and 4.0% Latino.[1] As a comprehensive secondary school, Eastern was accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.
The average academic class size was 24. Daily student attendance averaged more than 92.5% and the annual dropout rate was less than 2%.
Awards, recognition and rankings edit
The school was the 86th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 79th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[2] The school was ranked 58th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[3] In the September 2008 issue of Philadelphia magazine, Eastern was ranked 32nd among The Top Fifty Public School Districts.[4]
Administration edit
- Principal - James Talarico
Noted alumni edit
- Kelly Ripa, co-host of Live! with Kelly and Michael and co-star with Faith Ford, in Hope & Faith
References edit
- ^ a b c d Eastern Intermediate High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 14, 2007.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed August 18, 2012.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
- ^ "The Top 50 School Districts 2008" 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, Philadelphia, September 2008, posted August 29, 2008. Accessed August 29, 2008.
External links edit
- Official website
- School Performance Report for Eastern Intermediate High School, New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics