As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 727 students and 57.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1. There were 526 students (72.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 58 (8.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
History
Constructed at a cost of $17 million (equivalent to $28.1 million in 2022), the new high school opened in September 2001 with 630 students in grades 9-12, having been created following the dissolution of the Lower Camden County Regional School District.[3][4]
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 283rd-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.[5] The school had been ranked 196th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 254th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[6] The magazine ranked the school 256th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[7] The school was ranked 267th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[8]
Lindenwold High School is a member of the Success Practice's Network, an organization of schools run by the International Center for Leadership in Education. LHS' Freshmen Seminar Program is recognized as a model "best practice" by the network. Freshmen Seminar is a year-long, character education and literacy mentor program required of all incoming 9th graders.
Princeton University recognized Lindenwold High School's Ann Ryan as one of four outstanding New Jersey secondary school teachers at its Commencement ceremonies on June 6, 2006. Ryan was selected for the award from among 68 nominations from public and private schools statewide.[9]
Extracurricular activities
Staff and students produce a variety of plays and concerts that entertain the entire Lindenwold community. The high school also sponsors many other clubs that serve the community such as Interact Club, LEO Club, and Student Government Services. And, the theater program is not too shabby.
Cheerleading (girls)
Track and Field (boys and girls)
Field Hockey (girls)
Girls' Soccer
Boys' Soccer
Archery (boys and girls)
Tennis (boys and girls)
Iron Chef
Girls' Cross Country
Boys' Cross Country
Boys' Hop Scotch
Marching Band
Theater
Athletics
Lindenwold High School Lions[2] compete as a member school in the Colonial Conference, which is comprised of small schools whose enrollments generally do not exceed between 750-800 students for grades 9-12 and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[10][11] With 556 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group II South for most athletic competition purposes.[12] The football team competes in the Horizon Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconference[13][14] and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 480 to 674 students.[15]
During 2004-05 the Lindenwold High School boys' bowling team captured their third straight Olympic Conference championship and their first South Jersey state crown. The boys' bowling team won a fourth conference title during the 2006-07 season, and yet another in the 2008-09 season.
During the 2008-09 season the Lindenwold High School boys' track and field team captured their first Colonial Conference championship in school history. In 2009-10, the boys repeated as champions.
Administration
The school's interim principal is Scott McCartney. His administration team includes the vice principal and the athletic director.[16]
^Tinney, Kathleen. "Herbert Johnson; headed schools in Lindenwold", The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 15, 2012. Accessed October 25, 2014. "In his last two years as superintendent, he laid the foundation for the district's expansion to K-12 by planning the new Lindenwold High School; it opened in 2001, after his departure."
^Colon, Vanessa. "New year, new school for Lindenwold students", Courier-Post, September 11, 2001. Accessed April 13, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "At 7:30 a.m. Monday, 630 students at the newly constructed Lindenwold High School were in their homeroom classes shifting through school maps. Like many of the 5,500 former pupils in the disbanded Lower Camden County Regional School District, these students had to find their way around a new school.... Other students enjoyed the $17 million building and its facilities.... In 1999, Lindenwold voters approved a $23.2 million referendum to build a high school and convert Overbrook Junior High School Into Lindenwold Middle School."
^Home Page, West Jersey Football League. Accessed May 1, 2023. "The WJFL is a 94-school super conference that stretches from Princeton to Wildwood encompassing schools from the Colonial Valley Conference, the Burlington County Scholastic League, the Olympic Conference, the Tri-County Conference, the Colonial Conference, and the Cape Atlantic League. The WJFL is made up of sixteen divisions with divisional alignments based on school size, geography and a strength-of-program component."
