Delran High School is a four-year comprehensive

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serving students in

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through

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s from Delran Township in Burlington County,

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, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the

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History

Starting in 1954 and continuing into the 1970s, students from Delran Township attended Riverside High School as part of

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s, along with those from Delanco Township. To address overcrowding at Riverside High School, efforts to merge the three districts in Delanco, Delran and Riverside Townships into a combined regional K-12 system were rejected in a November 1971 referendum, with Delran Township voters in favor of the regionalization and the voters in the other two municipalities opposed. The school, constructed at a cost of $6 million (equivalent to $ million in ), opened for the 1975-76 school year with 864 students in grades 9-12.

Demographics

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 911 students and 78.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 11.6:1. There were 114 students (12.5% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 41 (4.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Delran High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022. As of the 201112 school year, Delran High School was 77% White, 11% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% two or more races, 0.1% American Indian/Alaska Native, and 0% Hawaii Native/Pacific Islander.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 169th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''

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'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 230th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 179th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 155th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 112th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.

Athletics

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the Freedom Division of the

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(BCSL) sports association, which is comprised of public and private high schools covering Burlington, Camden,

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and operates under the jurisdiction of the

(NJSIAA). With 658 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022-23 school year as South, Group 2 for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the Liberty Division of the 94-team

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superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as South, Group 2 for football for 2022-23. The school's mascot is the bear and school colors are brown and gold. The boys' soccer team has won the NJSIAA Group II championship in 1983 (defeating

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in the tournament final), 1986 (as co-champion with Millburn), 1988 (as co-champion with Chatham High School), 2003 (as co-champion with Kearny High School), 2004 (vs.

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), 2008 (as co-champion with

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), 2009 (as co-champion with Cliffside Park) and 2013 (vs. Newton High School); the program's eight group championships is the tenth-most among high schools in the state. The 1983 team finished the season with a record of 22-0-1 after defeating Millburn by a score of 2-1 on a goal scored by

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with under a minute left in the second overtime period in the Group II finals. The 1986 team finished the season with a record of 17-5-1 after being declared as co-champion with Delran following a 1–1 tie in the tournament final played at

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. The 2003 team was Group I state co-champion after a 1–1 tie with

. The team moved on to win the 2004 Group II state championship with a shootout win vs.

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in the semifinals and a 2–1 victory against

in the tournament final. In 2005, they lost the sectional finals with a 2–1 loss to

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. In 2007 The team also made it to the sectional finals with a 4–1 loss to

. The team won the 2008 Central Jersey Group II sectional with a 3–1 win over

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. Then they moved on to play

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in the state semis and won 4–2. They drew 2–2 in the state finals to Cliffside Park High School. They recently won the 2009 Central Jersey Group II with a 2–1 over-time victory in the quarter-finals over school rival

. In the finals they defeated

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in penalty-kicks after drawing 0–0 in regulation. Then they played

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and pulled a 1–0 victory over the South Jersey Group II champions in the state semi-finals. In the state finals they had a re-match with Cliffside Park High School, the team they tied in the state-finals the previous year, and ended up beating them, 2-0. By winning the Group II state championships they finished their 2009 season with a 21-2-1 record and were ranked 5th in the state, 2nd in South Jersey and 1st in Group II by ''

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''. In 2013, the team defeated Newton High School in the tournament final by a score of 3-2 in overtime to win the Group II title. The baseball team won the Group II state championship in 1983 (defeating

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in the finals of the tournament) and 1995 (vs.

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). The girls soccer team won the Group II state championship in 1986 (defeating runner-up

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) and 1988 (vs.

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). The wrestling team won the South Jersey Group II state sectional title in 1986 and 1992. The team took third place in the Group II state championships in both 1986 and 1992. Coach Dennis Smith retired in 2013 with a career coaching record of 605-196-5, making him the winningest coach in South Jersey history. The football team won the South Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1992. In 1990 and 1991, the Delran swimming team won back-to-back boys Division B state titles. All-American and Olympic qualifier Jason Rosenbaum held the fastest state 100m freestyle time from 1991 until 2014. The boys cross country team won the Group II state championship in 1991. The boys spring track team won the state championship in Group II in 1994. The girls basketball team won the Group II state title in 1995, with an 84-49 win against runner-up

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in the tournament final. The softball team defeated Arthur L. Johnson High School in the final of the playoffs to win the 1995 Group II state championship. The Varsity Tier II Delran Ice Hockey Club represents the school in the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League.

Administration

The school's principal is Daniel S. Finkle. His administration team includes two assistant principals.

Notable alumni

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References

External links

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