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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 in ninth through twelfth grades 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.〔(Voorhees High School ), Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 30, 2012. Accessed March 30, 2015.〕 Students come from the sending districts of Califon Borough, Glen Gardner Borough, Hampton Borough, High Bridge Borough, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township.〔(Voorhees High School 2014 Report Card Narrative ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 30, 2015. "Voorhees High School has consistently ranked among the top high schools in New Jersey. With an enrollment of 1,097 students in grades 9-12, the school serves the communities of Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, and Tewksbury Township."〕 As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,117 students and 96.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1. There were 42 students (3.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 17 (1.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for Voorhees High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 19, 2015.〕 ==Awards, recognition and rankings== In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by ''The Washington Post'', the school was ranked 24th in New Jersey and 830th nationwide.〔Mathews, Jay. ("The High School Challenge 2011: Voorhees High School" ), ''The Washington Post''. Accessed August 2, 2011.〕 In ''Newsweek's'' May 22, 2007, issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Voorhees High School was listed in 1118th place, the 36th-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 was the 43rd-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 48th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 59th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.〔Staff. ("The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2012. Accessed September 7, 2012.〕 The magazine ranked the school 41st in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed February 11, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 30th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 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 tied for 83rd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 40 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (88.1%) and language arts literacy (97.0%) 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 1, 2012.〕 The school was the Consumer Bowl 2006 and 2007 state champion, a program that evaluates the skills of students as informed consumers.〔(Voorhees High School Wins 2007 State Consumer Bowl Competition ), New Jersey Attorney General press release dated May 22, 2007. Accessed February 27, 2008. "Voorhees High School in Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, is the State Champion in the 11th Annual New Jersey Consumer Bowl, a quiz show-style competition that encourages students to become well-informed consumers."〕 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「Voorhees High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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