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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.〔(Mainland Regional High School 2014 School Report Card ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 20, 2015. "The 2013-2014 school year was another very successful year for Mainland Regional High School. Enrollment slightly decreased to approximately 1400 students in our 9-12 building. The school serves the communities of Linwood, Northfield, and Somers Point with a total population of 26,511. "〕 The high school is located in Linwood. Mainland Regional High School has been recognized by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.〔"CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department", ''Journal Inquirer'', November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."〕〔"Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; ''The Washington Post''. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."〕 As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,419 students and 118.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1. There were 291 students (20.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 84 (5.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for Mainland Regional High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 20, 2015.〕 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.〔(NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 23, 2014.〕 ==Awards, recognition and rankings== For the 1997-98 school year, Mainland Regional High School was formally designated by the United States Department of Education as a National Blue Ribbon School.〔(Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF) ), United States Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2011.〕 In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by ''The Washington Post'', the school was ranked 26th in New Jersey and 910th nationwide.〔Mathews, Jay. ("The High School Challenge 2011: Mainland Regional High School" ), ''The Washington Post''. Accessed August 4, 2011.〕 In ''Newsweek's'' May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Mainland Regional High School was listed in 719th place, the 14th-highest ranked school in New Jersey.〔("The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools" ), ''Newsweek'', May 22, 2007. Accessed May 24, 2007.〕 The school ranked as number 310 in ''Newsweek'' magazine's 2005 listing of "America's Best High Schools".〔(The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools ), ''Newsweek'', August 5, 2005.〕 ''The Washington Post'' writer Jay Mathews ranked Mainland sixth in New Jersey and 111th in the nation in his book, “Class Struggles: What’s Wrong (and Right) with America’s Best Public High Schools,” based on the school's efforts at exposing students to challenging course work. In ''New Jersey Monthly''’s September 2002 issue, Mainland was ranked fifth among high schools in South Jersey. The school was the 95th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''New Jersey Monthly'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.〔Staff. ("Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.〕 The school had been ranked 81st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 139th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.〔Staff. ("The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2012. Accessed September 12, 2012.〕 The magazine ranked the school 116th in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed February 1, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 104th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.〔("Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.〕 Schooldigger.com ranked the school 111th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 47 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (86.1%) and language arts literacy (96.0%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).〔(New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011 ), Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 4, 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mainland Regional High School (New Jersey)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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