Eastern Intermediate High School

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name = Eastern Intermediate High School


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type = Public high school
principal = Dr. James Talarico
enrollment = 1,135 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 69.0 (on FTE basis)
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conference = Olympic Conference
location = Laurel Oak Road
Voorhees, NJ 08043
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Eastern Intermediate High School is a public high school for 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 serves students from Berlin Borough, Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township. The high school is located in Voorhees Township. Students move on to Eastern High School for grades eleven and twelve.

Eastern has a multi-cultural and diverse population with 77% white, 8% African-American, 12% Asian, and 3% Latino. The district was established in 1965, with 35 professional staff and 495 students. Eastern Intermediate High School was completed in 1992. As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,135 students and 69.0 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 16.4. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404380&ID=340438001488 Eastern Intermediate High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 14, 2007.] 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%.

Awards and recognition

The school was the 79th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 314 schools statewide, in "New Jersey Monthly" magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools". The school was ranked 58th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state. [ [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"] , "New Jersey Monthly", September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.] In the September 2008 issue of "Philadelphia Magazine", Eastern was ranked 32nd among "The Top Fifty Public School Districts" [ [http://www.phillymag.com/articles/the_top_50_school_districts_2008/ "The Top 50 School Districts 2008"] , " [Philadelphia] ", September 2008, posted August 29, 2008. Accessed August 29, 2008.] .

Administration

*Principal - Dr. James Talarico

Noted alumni

*Kelly Ripa, co-host of "Live with Regis and Kelly" with Regis Philbin, and co-star with Faith Ford, in "Hope & Faith"

References

External links

* [http://eastern.k12.nj.us/ Eastern Camden County Regional High School District]
*NJReportCard|07|1255|060|Eastern Intermediate High School
* [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