Eastern Camden County Regional High School District

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name = Eastern Camden County Regional High School District
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grades = 9 - 12
superintendent = Dr. Harold Melleby, Jr.
students = 2,234 (as of 2005-06
teachers = 148.8 (on FTE basis)
location = 1401 Laurel Oak Road
Haddonfield, NJ 08043
contact number = 856-346-6740
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website = [http://eastern.k12.nj.us District web site] The Eastern Camden County Regional High School District is a limited-purpose, public regional school district for students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Camden County, New Jersey. The schools serve a combined population of approximately 37,000 in the communities of Berlin Borough (392 students from a 2000 Census population of 6,149), Gibbsboro (141 students; population of 2,435) and Voorhees Township (1,659 students; population of 28,126). [ [http://www.eastern.k12.nj.us/public_info/profile.htm Profile] , Eastern Camden County Regional High School District. Accessed July 8, 2008. "Eastern Camden County Regional School District is a limited-purpose, public regional school district consisting of Eastern Senior High School and Eastern Intermediate High School. They serve a combined population of approximately 37,000 in the communities of Berlin Borough, Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township."]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 2,234 students and 148.8 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 15.0. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3404380&DistrictID=3404380 District information for the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 19, 2008.]

Eastern has a multi-cultural and diverse population with 77% White American, 8% African American, 12% Asian American, and 3% Hispanic American. The district was established in 1965, with 35 professional staff and 495 students. It has grown rapidly with two additions to the original plant and the completion of the Intermediate High School in 1992. The school district has a certified network of 500-plus Apple Macintosh computer workstations. Eastern has a professional staff of more than 200. As a comprehensive secondary school, Eastern is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.

The average academic class size is 24. Daily student attendance averages more than 92.5% and the annual dropout rate is less than 2%.

The district is administered by a nine-member Board of Education, each of whom is elected for a three-year term. Representation on the Board of Education is determined by the population of each of the three sending districts.

Schools

The District operates two high schools. Both schools are located on the same site in Voorhees Township, but operate independently. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404380 Data for the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 20, 2008.] ) are:
*Eastern Intermediate High School with 1,135 students for grades 9 and 10
**Principal - Dr. Jim Talarico
*Eastern High School with over 1,099 students for grades 11 and 12
**Principal - Robert Tull

Administration

Core members of the District's administration are: [http://eastern.k12.nj.us/boe/district_profile.pdf Eastern Camden County Regional School District: 2006-2007 District Profile] , accessed January 7, 2007] [ [http://liberty.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/directory/directory1.pl?string=co_code07&maxhits=1000 New Jersey School Directory for Camden County] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 19, 2008.]
*Chief School Administrator - Dr. Harold Melleby, Jr.
*School Business Administrator / Board Secretary - Fred D. Wright

References

External links

* [http://eastern.k12.nj.us/ Eastern Camden County Regional High School District]
*NJReportCard|07|1255|0|Eastern Camden County Regional High School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404380 Data for the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District] , National Center for Education Statistics