As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,273 students and 112.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1. There were 463 students (36.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 69 (5.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 271st-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.[4] The school had been ranked 299th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 309th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school 274th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 297th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[7] In 2014-15 the boys' basketball team won the group OV state championship.
Extracurricular activities
Television production
Winslow Township High School Television Production, also known as "Studio 106," has won three National Student Television Awards (Student Emmy Awards) for both Writing and Technical Achievement from the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. It has taken home top honors from the New Jersey State Teen Arts Competition (Film and Television Awards). Studio 106 produces a daily live morning show called "Bird's Eye View", which is a broadcast via closed-circuit television to the students and staff of Winslow Township High School.
The WTHS Drama Club and Stage Crew have been recognized for outstanding achievement in theatre by the distinguished Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards.
The WTHS Drama Club and Stage Crew has taken home top honors multiple years from the New Jersey State Teen Arts Competition.
Sports
The Winslow Township High School Eagles[2] participate in the Olympic Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools located in Burlington and Camden counties, and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[8] With 953 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group 3 for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range.[9] The football team competes in the Independence Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconference[10][11] and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 890 to 1,298 students.[12]
In spring 2006, Winslow Township created an ice hockey club team for students of Winslow Township High School, playing competitive hockey in the South Jersey league out of the Flyers Skatezone in Voorhees, New Jersey. In fall 2006 and early 2007, Winslow Ice Hockey competed in the Independent High School league out of the Vineland Ice Arena in Vineland, New Jersey.
The boys indoor / winter track team won the Group IV state championship in 2003 and won in Group III in 2004.[14] The girls team won the Group IV indoor track title in 2003 and in Group III in 2006, 2012-2015 and 2018–2020; the program's 10 group titles is tied for the most of any school in the state.[15]
The boys track team won the indoor relay championship in Group IV in 2003, and won the Group III title in 2004 and 2008. The girls team won the Group III title in 2011, 2013 (as co-champion), 2015 and 2018–2020; The girls program's five state titles are tied for seventh-most in the state[16]
The girls team won the NJSIAA spring track Group IV state championship in 2004 and won the Group III title in 2013, 2014 and 2016–2019. The program's eight state titles are tied for fourth in the state.[17]
The high school marching band won the 2017 Group 2A Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championship and the 2021 Group 1A Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championship with a score of 95.25, a school record. Both, the 2017 and 2021 seasons were undefeated by Winslow.
Army JROTC
The Winslow Township High School is host to a branch of U.S. Army JROTC. The Battalion, named Soaring Eagle, is well known in the community and even conducts annual food drives. It is currently an Honor Unit. The school's program currently does not have an army instructor, so for the time being, the program has ceased.
Shooting plot
Winslow Township High School gained national attention in 2006 because of a shooting plot which was to take place during a lunch period. Two females, sophomores at the high school, had heard rumors of a plot in close relation to the 2003 movie 'Elephant' and alerted school officials who in turn notified the Winslow Township Police Department. The students involved were arrested before the plot could be carried out. The only subject to be sentenced at this point has received four years probation and must undergo counseling and psychological evaluations.[18]
Administration
The school's principal is Kurtis Marella. His core administration team includes four assistant principals and the athletic director.[19]
^Osborne, James. "N.J. to investigate Chesilhurst school district", The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 12, 2010. Accessed April 15, 2011. "Up until last year, Chesilhurst functioned as a traditional school district and maintained a single elementary school. In the spring of 2009, the school board voted to close that school and bus its students to Winslow, leaving Chesilhurst to operate in an administrative capacity with a skeleton staff. Chesilhurst, a small district on the edge of the Pinelands, subsequently was declared a non-operating district by the state and set for closure at the end of June 2010."
^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."
^"Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup", Major League Soccer, January 22, 2010. Accessed November 8, 2020. "The surprise team of the 2003 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup joins seven other teams who enter the competition Tuesday night as the second round of the 2004 U.S. Open Cup gets underway around the country.... The Salty Dogs – making their first appearance in the U.S. Open Cup – will travel to face the South Jersey Barons at Winslow High School in Tansboro, N.J. at 6 p.m. ET."
^Staff, Winslow Township High School. Accessed September 10, 2020.
^Anastasia, Phil. "Winslow Township's Belton thrilled to be going to Penn State", The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 3, 2011. Accessed August 13, 2015. "Belton, The Inquirer's South Jersey offensive player of the year as a senior at Winslow Township, said Penn State was his 'dream school' when he was a youngster and his 'favorite team' when he was in middle school."
^Caldwell, Dave. "Flip of the Coin and He’s a Knight", The New York Times, April 17, 2009. Accessed September 6, 2020. "Ka'Lial Glaud, a high school senior with a big decision to make, said he was moving on with his life at full speed the moment the quarter came up tails.... Tails meant that Glaud, a star football player at Winslow Township High School in Camden County, would attend Rutgers University to play linebacker for the Scarlet Knights."
^Tannenwald, Jonathan. "Sicklerville’s Tziarra King a first-round NWSL draft pick by Utah Royals", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 16, 2020. Accessed June 30, 2020. "Growing up in Sicklerville, Tziarra King didn’t play for any of the big-name youth teams in New Jersey. And, she was cut from a regional Olympic development program team. But she was so good at Winslow Township High School that she attracted the attention of colleges, including North Carolina State, where she ended up."
