Voorhees High School

For the high school in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, see Eastern Regional High School.

Voorhees High School
Address
Map
256 High Bridge-Califon Road

Glen Gardner (postal address)
,
Hunterdon County
,
New Jersey
08826

United States
Coordinates40°41′48″N 74°53′12″W / 40.696585°N 74.886744°W / 40.696585; -74.886744
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1975[1]
School districtNorth Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District
NCES School ID341161003026[2]
PrincipalRon Peterson
Faculty72.3 FTEs[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment672 (as of 2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio9.3:1[2]
Color(s)
   
   
Cardinal and gold[3][4]
Athletics conferenceSkyland Conference (general)
Big Central Football Conference (football)
Team nameVikings[3]
RivalNorth Hunterdon High School
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[5]
Websitewww.nhvweb.net/vhs/

Voorhees High School is a four-year public high school located in Lebanon Township, named for Foster McGowan Voorhees, the 30th governor of New Jersey. It is one of two high schools in the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from seven municipalities in northern Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1977.[5]

Students come from the constituent municipalities of Califon, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township.[6] Clinton Town and Glen Gardner residents can select either North Hunterdon or Voorhees High.[7]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 672 students and 72.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.3:1. There were 26 students (3.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 10 (1.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

  1. ^ North Hunterdon Regional High School NHRHS Alumni Class Reunion, North Hunterdon Regional High School. Accessed April 18, 2012. "In 1975, Voorhees High School was founded as a four-year public high school located in Glen Gardner Borough."
  2. ^ a b c d e School data for Voorhees High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Frezza, Harry. "2015 Voorhees High School football preview",Courier News, September 10, 2015. Accessed May 16, 2023. "Colors: Cardinal and gold"
  5. ^ a b Voorhees High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed February 7, 2022.
  6. ^ Voorhees High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 3, 2016. "Voorhees High School has consistently ranked among the top high schools in New Jersey and was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2015. With an enrollment of 1,095 students in grades 9-12, the school serves the communities of Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, and Tewksbury Township."
  7. ^ "Sending Districts". North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Retrieved October 22, 2023.