New Egypt High School is a four-year comprehensive

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that serves students in

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through

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s from Plumsted Township in Ocean County,

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, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Plumsted Township School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 322 students and 32.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 9.9:1. There were 35 students (10.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 12 (3.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for New Egypt High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022.

History

Plumsted Township voters approved a December 1997 referendum under which $16.5 million (equivalent to $ million in ) would be borrowed to build new school facilities, while the existing middle school would be converted for use as a high school. Later that month, the Commissioner of Education approved the withdrawal, as the feasibility study prepared showed no negative financial impact to either district and would not substantially impact the racial makeup of the students enrolled at Allentown High School. The school opened its doors in September 1999 and admitted 100 ninth-graders who would graduate in spring 2003, ending a

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that had existed for more than 50 years with the Upper Freehold Regional School District under which students from the township attended

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Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 151st-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 193rd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 203rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 193rd in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 173rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 160th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 12 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (80.9%) and language arts literacy (94.5%) components of the

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(HSPA).

Athletics

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL), which is comprised of public and private high schools in

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and Ocean counties in

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(NJSIAA). With 227 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group I South for most athletic competition purposes. The football team competes in the Freedom Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I South for football for 2022–2024. The field hockey team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional title in 2003-2005 and 2008; the team won the Group I state championship in 2005, defeating

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in the final game of the tournament. The team won the state sectional title in 2003, edging

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in the final game by a 3-2 score. The team won the 2004 title, outscoring

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by 4-1, In 2005, the field hockey team won the Central Jersey Group I Championship, defeating Palmyra High School in the final game by a score of 5-0. The team won the Group I state title in 2005, defeating Pingry School by a score of 2-1 in the tournament final after having lost to Pingry by one goal in the tournament final in each of the two previous years. The softball team won the Group I state championship in 2006 (defeating Belvidere High School in the final round of the tournament), 2010 (vs. Wood-Ridge High School), 2011 (vs. Whippany Park High School), 2014 (vs. Butler High School) and 2016 (vs. Butler). The team made it to the 2006 Central Jersey Group I tournament as the number-two seed, defeating South Amboy High School 12-0 in the first round and

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by a score of 2-0 in the semifinals, before defeating Bordentown Regional High School by a score of 3-2 in the tournament final. The 2010 team finished the season with a 29-2 record after winning the Group I title by defeating Wood-Ridge 3-0 in the championship game.

Administration

The school's principal is Fred Geardino. His core administration team includes the vice principal.

Notable alumni

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''. * Keith Jones (class of 2003), regional-

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-winning news anchor and reporter for WCAU in

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.Ralph, Matthew
"Former Rowan standout signs with USL League One team Greenville Triumph; Travis Ward had 29 goals and 16 assists for the Profs from 2014-2017"
Brotherly Game, February 7, 2019. Accessed May 17, 2020. "Ward grew up in Ocean County, N.J., starring at New Egypt High School before a successful four-year career at Rowan University."

References

External links

New Egypt High SchoolPlumsted Township School District
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School Data for the Plumsted Township School District

{{Authority control 1999 establishments in New Jersey Educational institutions established in 1999 Plumsted Township, New Jersey Public high schools in Ocean County, New Jersey