Penns Grove High School

Penns Grove High School
Address
334 Harding Highway

, ,
08069

United States
Coordinates39°43′04″N 75°27′21″W / 39.717679°N 75.455836°W / 39.717679; -75.455836
Information
TypePublic
Established1908
School districtPenns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
NCES School ID341284005048
PrincipalLory O'Brien
Faculty42.0 FTEs
Grades9-12
Enrollment621 (as of 2023–24)
Student to teacher ratio14.8:1
Color(s)  Red and
  white
Athletics conferenceTri-County Conference (general)
West Jersey Football League (football)
Team nameRed Devils
RivalSalem High School
Websitewww.pgcpschools.org/o/pghs

Penns Grove High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Carneys Point Township and Penns Grove in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. A majority of students in grades 9-12 from Oldmans Township, New Jersey attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oldmans Township School District, with the balance attending Woodstown High School in the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District. The school is located in Carneys Point Township.

Penns Grove High school hosts the regional Academy of Chemical and Technological Engineering program, which prepares students for college majors in engineering fields. The Academy of Chemical and Technological Engineering operates in partnership with Rowan University, Salem Community College, DuPont and various other contributors.

As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 621 students and 42.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.8:1. There were 394 students (63.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 56 (9.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.