Vineland High School | |
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Address | |
2880 East Chestnut Avenue , , 08361 United States | |
Coordinates | 39°28′36″N74°58′22″W / 39.476528°N 74.972808°W |
Information | |
Type | Public high school |
Motto | "Enter to learn, go forth to serve." |
Established | 1870 (as Vineland High School) 1963 (South Campus) 1976 (North Campus) |
School district | Vineland Public Schools |
NCES School ID | 341680001902 [1] |
Principal | Justin Adams (Tanner) Jacqueline Roman-Alvarez (South) |
Faculty | 178.0 FTEs [1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 2,780 (as of 2022–23) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 15.6:1 [1] |
Color(s) | Red gray [2] |
Athletics conference | Cape-Atlantic League (general) West Jersey Football League (football) |
Mascot | Rowdy Rooster [3] |
Team name | Fighting Clan [2] |
Rivals | Mainland Regional High School Millville High School |
Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools [4] |
Website | www |
Vineland High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Vineland, in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Vineland Public Schools. The now reunified school operates from a south campus that had been Vineland Senior High School South (which opened in 1963) and a north campus that was formerly Vineland Senior High School North (opened in 1976). The original high school in Vineland dates back to 1870, and the 1927 Vineland High School structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 3, 1995, and is now used as district offices. [5] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1936; [4] The school's accreditation status was extended for seven years in Fall 2018. [6]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,780 students and 178.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.6:1. There were 3 students (0.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none listed as eligible for reduced-cost lunch. [1] Based on 2021-22 data from the New Jersey Department of Education, it was the ninth-largest high school in the state and one of 29 schools with more than 2,000 students. [7]
Vineland High School had served students from neighboring communities, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Buena Regional School District (comprised of Buena and Buena Vista Township for grades 10-12), and from Newfield, Pittsgrove Township and Weymouth Township for grades 9-12. With significant overcrowding at the high school and substantial growth in enrollment from students residing in Vineland, the sending districts were informed in November 1968 that they would no longer be accommodated in Vineland and that all sending students would be phased out by the end of the 1973-74 school year. [8]
Buena Regional High School was constructed to serve an estimated 900 students from the Buena Regional, Estell Manor and Weymouth Township districts, with plans to open for the 1972-73 school year. [9] The Pittsgrove Township School District constructed Arthur P. Schalick High School, which opened in September 1976 for 800 township students who had previously been sent to either Bridgeton High School or Vineland High School. [10] [11]
A proposed dress code, that had been slated to take effect for the 2006–07 school year, gave way to controversy and debate among students and parents. [12]
The school was the 264th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. [13] The school had been ranked 297th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 275th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. [14] The magazine ranked the school 222nd in 2008 out of 316 schools. [15] The school was ranked 194th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. [16]
Due to its large student body Vineland High is able to offer a wide range of elective classes topics include arts and design, computers, media, automobile repair, woodworking, as well as a wide range of Advanced Placement courses. Courses such as English, mathematics, history, and science are tracked into college preparatory, advanced college preparatory, and honors. Students are tracked into honors mathematics and science from middle school.
Courses required to be taken in order to graduate are four years of English, three years of Mathematics, two years of United States History, one year of World History, three years of Science, one year of Fine, Practical and/or Performing arts, one year of a Vocational course, and one year of a World Language, and four years of Physical Education/Health. It is also required to do 40 hours of service learning. However, a student may do 100 hours of service learning to receive a cord for their graduation ceremony.
The Vineland High School Fighting Clan [2] compete in the Atlantic Division of the Cape-Atlantic League, an athletic conference comprised of public and private high schools in Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Gloucester counties, and operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). [17] With 1,916 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,060 to 5,049 students in that grade range. [18] The football team competes in the Continental Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconference [19] [20] and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group V South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 1,333 to 2,324 students. [21]
Vineland High School has participated since 1893 in an annual Thanksgiving football game with Millville High School, in Millville. The rivalry is one of the oldest public high school rivalry in the United States and the state's oldest, with Vineland leading the series 65-62-19, after Vineland's 28–18 victory in the 146th game in the series in 2017. [22] [23] The rivalry with Millville was listed at 6th on NJ.com's 2017 list "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football". [24]
There is a longstanding swim team rivalry between Vineland and Mainland Regional High School. [25]
Vineland High School's interscholastic athletic teams include: [2]
The boys spring / outdoor track team won the Group III state championship in 1925-1928, and won in Group IV in 1969. [26]
The boys' cross country team won the Group IV state championship in 1964 and 1965. [27]
The boys' wrestling team won the South Jersey Group IV state sectional title in 1988. [28]
The girls swimming team won the Public A state championship in 1996 and 2001–2005; the program's six state titles is tied for the sixth-most in the state and the five consecutive titles won from 2001 to 2005 is tied for the third-longest streak. [29] The 2005 team became the first public school in the state to win five consecutive titles, after taking the Public A championship 105-65 in the finals against Westfield High School. [30]
The boys' track team won the Group IV indoor relay championship in 2004 as co-champion with Christian Brothers Academy. [31]
The school's principals are Justin Adams (Tanner)
Jacqueline Roman-Alvarez (South). [32] Their administration team includes four assistant principals and the athletic director. [33]
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