Cherry Hill High School West (also known as Cherry Hill West or CHW) is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of two traditional high schools located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Cherry Hill Public Schools. The other high school in the district is Cherry Hill High School East. Established in 1956, Cherry Hill High School West was originally known as Delaware Township High School and then Cherry Hill High School.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,526 students and 94.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.13:1. There were 230 students (15.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 95 (6.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Cherry Hill High School West was an IB World School from September 2000 to June 2008, offering students the IB Diploma Programme.
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