Sterling High School (New Jersey)

Sterling High School
Address
501 South Warwick Road
, Camden County, 08083
United States
Coordinates39°50′10″N 75°01′29″W / 39.836231°N 75.024645°W / 39.836231; -75.024645
District information
Grades9-12
SuperintendentMatthew Sheehan
Business administratorJim McCullough
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment894 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty70.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupCD
Websitewww.sterling.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District
spending
Rank
(*)
9-12
average
%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,92211$18,8910.2%
1Budgetary Cost15,3901915,592−1.3%
2Classroom Instruction8,613198,807−2.2%
6Support Services2,085162,294−9.1%
8Administrative Cost1,479141,592−7.1%
10Operations & Maintenance2,108291,9547.9%
13Extracurricular Activities1,1073787326.8%
16Median Teacher Salary62,1001171,726
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of 9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47
Sterling High School
Location
Map
Information
TypePublic high school
EstablishedSeptember 1960
NCES School ID340288001662[1]
PrincipalJarod Claybourn[3]
Faculty70.0 FTEs[1]
Enrollment894 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.8:1[1]
Color(s)  Royal blue
  silver and
  white[4]
Athletics conferenceColonial Conference (general)
West Jersey Football League (football)
Team nameSilver Knights[4]
NewspaperThe Accolade[5]
YearbookSilver Scroll[5]

Sterling High School is a comprehensive regional public high school and school district serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from five communities in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district serves students from Magnolia, Somerdale, Stratford, along with students from Hi-Nella and Laurel Springs who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships.[6][7] The school is located in Somerdale and is the only facility of the Sterling High School District.[8][9]

Sterling High School has been approved by the New Jersey Department of Education (2000) and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1964[10] and was granted probationary accreditation by Middle States in 2012.[11]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 894 students and 70.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1. There were 222 students (24.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 77 (8.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the third-lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[12]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h School data for Sterling High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ "Staff Directory". www.sterling.k12.nj.us. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Handbook for Students and Parents 2021-2022, Sterling High School. Accessed April 1, 2022.
  6. ^ Sterling High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 27, 2017. "Sterling High School District is a regional district serving Hi Nella, Laurel Springs, Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford. Sterling is a suburban residential community, approximately 7 miles southeast of Camden, NJ and part of the Philadelphia, PA metropolitan area."
  7. ^ Sterling Regional High Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Sterling High School. Accessed September 2, 2020. "Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Sterling Regional High School District. Composition The Sterling Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Somerdale."
  8. ^ School Performance Reports for the Sterling High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  9. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Sterling High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  10. ^ Sterling High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed June 26, 2011.
  11. ^ "Spring 2012 Accreditation Actions", The Standard of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools, Spring 2012. Accessed April 16, 2021. "Probationary Accreditation... Sterling High School, Somerdale, NJ"
  12. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 24, 2014.