Cedar Creek High School is a

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Egg Harbor City Egg Harbor City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city's population was 4,396, an increase of 153 from the 2010 Census.Atlantic County Atlantic County is a county located along the southern coast of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county had a population of 274,534.New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

, United States. The school serves students in

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through

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s 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. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 962 students and 77.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 12.4:1. There were 297 students (30.9% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 94 (9.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Cedar Creek High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022. 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

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). 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.

History

In a referendum held on September 25, 2007, by a 65-35% margin, voters approved a plan to construct a third high school in the district, to be located in Egg Harbor City and constructed at a cost of $81.7 million (equivalent to $ million in ); the new facility was intended to alleviate overcrowding at Absegami High School and

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. The facility was designed to accommodate an enrollment of 1,000 students and had two-thirds of the total cost covered by the

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; Construction began in Fall 2008 and the school opened to students in September 2010 with 415 freshmen and sophomores. For the 2010–2011 school year, students in grades 9 and 10 attended Cedar Creek and students in grades 11-12 attended either Absegami High School in Galloway Township or

in Hamilton Township. For school years 2011–12, students in grades 9-11 attended Cedar Creek High, while 12th grade students attended either Absegami High or Oakcrest High. In 2012–2013, Cedar Creek housed grades 9-12 and graduated it first senior class.

Athletics

The Cedar Creek High School PiratesCedar Creek High School

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the

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, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Atlantic,

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and

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counties, and operates under the jurisdiction of the

. With 703 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group II South for most athletic competition purposes. The football team competes in the Independence Division of the 94-team

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superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group III South for football for 2022–2024. The girls' basketball team won the Group I state championship in 2012 with a 50–38 win over

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, earning the first state championship in any sport for Cedar Creek. The football team won the South Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 2015 and the Central Jersey Group II title in 2019. In December 2015, the football team won the program's first state sectional title when they won the South Jersey Group II state sectional championship with a 28–27 win against

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, defeating the team that beat them 42–28 in 2012 when they faced each other at Cedar Creek's first championship game. The team won the 2019 Central Jersey Group II sectional title in 2019 with a 31–23 win against Camden High School.

Administration

The school's principal is Scott Parker. His administration team includes two assistant principals.

Notable alumni

* Bo Melton,

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wide receiver for the

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.Gill, Mike
"Former Cedar Creek Football Star Bo Melton Shines at NFL Combine"

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, March 3, 2022. Accessed April 9, 2022. "Former Cedar Creek star Bo Melton made a name for himself on Thursday at the NFL Combine, running a 4.34 time in the 40-yard dash."

References

External links

Cedar Creek High School websiteGreater Egg Harbor Regional High School District
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data for the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District

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