Oakcrest High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Hamilton Township, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District. The school name was chosen based on its site on the crest of a hill amid oak trees. The school serves students from Hamilton Township and Mullica Township, and the sending districts of the City of Port Republic and Washington Township (in Burlington County).
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,412 students and 98.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.35:1. There were 420 students (29.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 100 (7.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
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