Cedar Creek High School (New Jersey)

Cedar Creek High School
Address
Map
1701 New York Avenue

, ,
08215

United States
Coordinates39°33′06″N 74°37′40″W / 39.551686°N 74.627839°W / 39.551686; -74.627839
Information
TypePublic
EstablishedSeptember 2010
School districtGreater Egg Harbor Regional High School District
NCES School ID340606003115[1]
PrincipalScott Parker
Faculty78.5 FTEs[1]
Grades9th-12th
Enrollment929 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.8:1[1]
Color(s)  Forest Green and
  Maroon[2]
Athletics conferenceCape-Atlantic League (general)
West Jersey Football League (football)
Team namePirates[2]
GEHRHSDAbsegami High School
Cedar Creek High School
Oakcrest High School
Websitewww.gehrhsd.net/o/cchs

Cedar Creek High School is a public high school in Egg Harbor City, Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school serves students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District and opened in September 2010. The school's colors are forest green, maroon and cream. The school mascot is the pirate.[3]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 929 students and 78.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1. There were 278 students (29.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 93 (10.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Cedar Creek High School is located in the northern section of Egg Harbor City, and educates students from Egg Harbor City, Mullica Township, Port Republic and Washington Township (in Burlington County). Students from Galloway Township and Hamilton Township are zoned to other schools but are eligible to attend Cedar Creek through the district's school of choice program.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Cedar Creek High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ About, Cedar Creek High School. Accessed December 20, 2022. "School colors are maroon, forest green, and cream which were selected to represent our location in the Pine Barrens. Our mascot is the Pirate, who was named Argh Jay after a school-wide survey in 2011."
  4. ^ Lowe, Claire. "Superintendent cites capacity in declining Brigantine request" Archived August 1, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Shore News Today, July 6, 2011. Accessed August 1, 2017. "Over the last year, Brigantine has conducted a feasibility study and spoken with Greater Egg Harbor Regional administration about the possibility of sending its high school students to the newly constructed Cedar Creek High School in Egg Harbor City. The new school opened in September to ninth- and 10th-grade students from Egg Harbor, Mullica Township, Port Republic, and Green Bank."
  5. ^ Harper, Derek. "Cedar Creek honors first class of grads", The Press of Atlantic City, June 15, 2013. Accessed September 30, 2014. "The school draws from a number of small towns, including Egg Harbor City, Mullica Township and Port Republic in Atlantic County and Washington Township in Burlington County. Some Hamilton and Galloway Township students also attend through the school choice program."