Penns Grove High School

Penns Grove High School
Address
Map
334 Harding Highway

, ,
08069

United States
Coordinates39°43′04″N 75°27′21″W / 39.717679°N 75.455836°W / 39.717679; -75.455836
Information
TypePublic
Established1908
School districtPenns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
NCES School ID341284005048[1]
PrincipalLory O'Brien
Faculty48.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment576 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.0:1[1]
Color(s)  Red and
  white[2]
Athletics conferenceTri-County Conference[3] (general)
West Jersey Football League (football)
Team nameRed Devils[2]
RivalSalem High School
Websitewww.pgcpschools.org/o/pghs

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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, 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.[4][5] 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.[6]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 576 students and 48.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1. There were 291 students (50.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 54 (9.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Penns Grove High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
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  4. ^ Oldmans Township School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 26, 2017. "Oldmans sends students in grades 9-12 to the Penns Grove-Carneys Point and Woodstown School Districts, as well as the Academy Programs, and the Salem County Vocational Technical School."
  5. ^ Bumpus, Robert L. "Salem County Report on Consolidation and Regionalization", Office of the Executive County Superintendent of Salem County, March 15, 2010, available at the website of the Asbury Park Press. Accessed July 5, 2011. "A contiguous elementary district, Oldmans Township, sends its students primarily to Penns Grove High School and a smaller number of students to Woodstown High School."
  6. ^ Salem County Education, Discover Salem County. Accessed September 30, 2015. "Penns Grove High school is also home to the regional Academy of Chemical and Technological Engineering program that prepares students for engineering majors that they might seek when entering college."