Sterling High School (New Jersey)
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501 South Warwick Road
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| Coordinates | 39°50′10″N 75°01′29″W / 39.836231°N 75.024645°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | 9-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Matthew Sheehan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Jim McCullough | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 881 (as of 2023–24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 72.0 FTEs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 12.2:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | September 1960 |
| NCES School ID | 340288001662 |
| Principal | Jarod Claybourn |
| Faculty | 72.0 FTEs |
| Enrollment | 881 (as of 2023–24) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.2:1 |
| Color(s) | Royal blue silver and white |
| Athletics conference | Colonial Conference (general) West Jersey Football League (football) |
| Team name | Silver Knights |
| Newspaper | The Accolade |
| Yearbook | Silver Scroll |
Sterling High School is a comprehensive regional public high school and school district serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from five communities in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district serves students from Magnolia, Somerdale, Stratford, along with students from Hi-Nella and Laurel Springs who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships. The school is located in Somerdale and is the only facility of the Sterling High School District.
Sterling High School has been approved by the New Jersey Department of Education (2000) and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1964 and was granted probationary accreditation by Middle States in 2012.
As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 881 students and 72.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1. There were 232 students (26.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 54 (6.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the third-lowest 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.