Eastern Intermediate High School was a

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that served students in grades nine to ten from three communities in Camden County,

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. The school served students from Berlin Borough, Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township. The high school was located in Voorhees Township. In the past students that finished tenth grade moved on to Eastern High School, (now renamed

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) for eleventh and twelfth grades. The district was established in 1965, with 35 professional staff and 495 students, and Eastern Intermediate High School was completed in 1992. As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,063 students and 61 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.92:1. Eastern has a multi-cultural and diverse population with 68.5% White, 14.5% Asian, 9.8% African-American and 4.0% Latino.Eastern Intermediate High School
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 14, 2007. As a comprehensive secondary school, Eastern was accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education. The average academic class size was 24. Daily student attendance averaged more than 92.5% and the annual dropout rate was less than 2%.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 86th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in '' New Jersey Monthly'' magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 79th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 58th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state. In the September 2008 issue of ''

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'' magazine, Eastern was ranked 32nd among ''The Top Fifty Public School Districts''."The Top 50 School Districts 2008"
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'', September 2008, posted August 29, 2008. Accessed August 29, 2008.

Administration

*Principal - James Talarico

Noted alumni

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References

External links

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Data for the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District
National Center for Education Statistics {{Authority control 1992 establishments in New Jersey 2012 disestablishments in New Jersey Public high schools in Camden County, New Jersey Voorhees Township, New Jersey Educational institutions disestablished in 2012 Educational institutions established in 1992