Woodstown High School

Infobox_School
name = Woodstown High School


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grades = 9 - 12
district = Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District
type = Public high school
principal = Dr. Scott Hoopes
asst principal = Christopher M. Snyder
enrollment = 696 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 46.4 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 15.0
nickname = Wolverines
conference = Tri-County Conference
colors = Royal Blue & Orange
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location = 140 East Avenue
flagicon|New Jersey Woodstown, NJ 08098
information = 856-769-0144
website = [http://woodstown.org/whs.html School website]

Woodstown High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from the City of Woodstown, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District.

Students from neighboring Alloway Township, Oldmans Township and Upper Pittsgrove Township attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships. [ [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc07/narrative/33/5910/33-5910-000.html Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District 2007 Report Card Narrative] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 14, 2008. "...a comprehensive review of our school district's offerings to the Woodstown-Pilesgrove community as well as in the high school sending districts of Alloway, Oldmans, and Upper Pittsgrove."]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 696 students and 46.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 15.0. [http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/index.asp?search=1&State=NJ&city=Woodstown&zipcode=08098&miles=1&itemname=&sortby=name&School=1&CS=EC1EFE0 Woodstown High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 26, 2007.]

The school was the 187th-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 171st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 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.]

Mission statement

"The Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District, a collaborative partnership and educational leader, provides a secure, supportive environment with high quality resources to challenge and empower each individual to pursue his/her potential, to develop a passion for learning in a diverse and changing world, and to reach a high standard of achievement as defined by the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards at all grade levels." [ [http://main.woodstown.org/~hoopes.s/ Woodstown High School mission statement] . Accessed December 26, 2007.]

Athletics

Woodstown High School is a member school in the Tri-County Conference, which is composed of schools whose enrollments vary greatly for grades 9-12. The smallest school, Clayton, has 249 students enrolled whereas the largest one, Williamstown, has 1,343 students. [ [http://njsiaa.org/NJSIAA/07South.pdf NJSIAA 2007-08 General Group Classification] . Accessed December 26, 2007.]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.woodstown.org/whsadmin.html Administrative Directory] , Woodstown High School. Accessed August 24, 2008.]
*Dr. Scott Hoopes - Principal
*Christopher M. Snyder - Assistant Principal

References

External links

* [http://woodstown.org/whs.html Woodstown High School]
* [http://www.woodstown.org/index.html Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District]
*NJReportCard|33|5910|0|Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/index.asp?search=1&State=NJ&city=Woodstown&zipcode=08098&miles=&itemname=&sortby=name&School=1&PrivSchool=1&College=1&Library=1&CS=5C1C76E2 Data for the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.sjsports.com/highschool/woodstown/ South Jersey Sports: Woodstown HS]