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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.〔(History of Oakcrest ), Oakcrest High School. Accessed July 10, 2011.〕 The school serves students from Hamilton Township.〔(Oakcrest High School 2013 Report Card Narrative ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 28, 2015. "Oakcrest is a comprehensive high school located in Mays Landing that provides a secondary school education to Hamilton Township."〕 With the opening of Cedar Creek High School in Egg Harbor City, students from Mullica Township, and the sending districts of the City of Port Republic and Washington Township (in Burlington County) no longer attend Oakcrest High School.〔(Policy 5120 Assignment of Pupils ), Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District. Accessed October 27, 2014. "Pupils shall attend the school located in the attendance area of their residence. The attendance areas for the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District shall be as follows: 1. Pupils who reside in Egg Harbor City shall attend Cedar Creek High School. 2. Pupils who reside in Galloway Township shall attend Absegami High School. 3. Pupils who reside in Hamilton Township shall attend Oakcrest High School 4. Pupils who reside in Mullica Township shall attend Cedar Creek High School 5. Pupils who reside in Port Republic and Washington Township shall attend Cedar Creek High School."〕〔(Oakcrest High School 2010 Report Card Narrative ), New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archive as of June 14, 2012. Accessed October 30, 2014. "Oakcrest is a comprehensive high school located in Mays Landing that provides a secondary school education to four sending districts including Greenbank, Hamilton Township, Mullica Township, and Port Republic."〕 As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,163 students and 97.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.99:1. There were 435 students (37.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 92 (7.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for Oakcrest High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 29, 2015.〕 ==Awards, recognition and rankings== The school was the 197th-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 247th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 244th 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 254th 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 232nd 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 as 254th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (an increase of 5 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).〔(New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010 ), Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 16, 2012.〕 The school has a variety of programs, including Special Needs, a "High School-to-Work" program, College Preparatory, Advanced Placement (AP), and Performing Arts training. For the 2005-06 school year, Oakcrest High School was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "A Proactive Approach to Guidance and Career Services" Career Education program.〔(Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06 ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 23, 2006.〕 Oakcrest's Academic Challenge Team was successful at the Buena Regional High School and Egg Harbor Township High School competitions in spring 2006, the team finished first overall at the Gateway Toyota Academic Challenge at Monsignor Donovan High School in Toms River by defeating perennial competitor East Brunswick High School in the final round. In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by ''The Washington Post'', the school was ranked 66th in New Jersey and 1,918th nationwide.〔Mathews, Jay. ("The High School Challenge 2011: Oakcrest High School" ), ''The Washington Post''. 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