Mainland Regional High School (New Jersey)
Mainland Regional High School is a regional public high school and school district serving students in grades nine through twelve from the communities of Linwood, Northfield and Somers Point in Atlantic County, New Jersey, serving a total population of over 25,000 in the three communities. The high school is located in Linwood. Mainland Regional High School has been recognized by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,550 students and 98.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.72:1. There were 206 students (13.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 60 (3.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school is fully accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
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