Voorhees High School is a four-year public high school located in Lebanon Township, New Jersey, named for Foster MacGowan Voorhees, the 30th Governor of New Jersey. It is one of two high schools in the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, serving students from six municipalities in northern Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1977.
Students in the high school come from Glen Gardner Borough, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township, High Bridge Borough, Califon Borough, and Hampton Borough.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,050 students and 77.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.55:1. There were 42 students (4.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 21 (2.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school was the Consumer Bowl 2006 and 2007 state champion, a program that evaluates the skills of students as informed consumers.
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