Penns Grove High School | |
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Location | |
334 Harding Highway Carneys Point, NJ 08069 |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1908 |
School district | Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District |
Principal | Lory O'Brien |
Asst. principal | Juan Arbelaez Chris Castner |
Faculty | 52.0 FTEs |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 592 (as of 2014-15) |
Student to teacher ratio | 11.4:1 |
Color(s) |
Red and white |
Athletics conference | Tri-County Conference |
Team name | Red Devils |
Website | School website |
Penns Grove High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Carneys Point Township and Penns Grove in Salem County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. A majority of students in grades 9-12 from Oldmans Township, New Jersey attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oldmans Township School District, with the balance attending Woodstown High School in the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District. The school is located in Carneys Point Township.
Penns Grove High school hosts the regional Academy of Chemical and Technological Engineering program, which prepares students for college majors in engineering fields. The Academy of Chemical and Technological Engineering operates in partnership with Rowan University, Salem Community College, DuPont and various other contributors.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 592 students and 52.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1. There were 365 students (61.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 32 (5.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.