The Lower Cape May Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Lower Township, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Lower Cape May Regional School District. LCMRHS serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from four communities in Cape May County as part of the Lower Cape May Regional School District, which includes Lower Township, Cape May, West Cape May, and Cape May Point; students from Cape May Point attend the district as part of a sending/receiving relationship.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 905 students and 87.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâ€"teacher ratio of 10.4:1. There were 339 students (37.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 93 (10.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
In 2013, the district received a proposal that had been prepared for the Cape May City Council that addressed concerns that the city's property tax base meant that it was paying a disproportionate share of the district's tax levy. Cape May raised possible means in which the imbalance could be addressed.
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 236th-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. The school had been ranked 243rd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 236th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 205th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 185th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
The Lower Cape May Regional High School Caper Tigers compete in the Atlantic Division of the Cape-Atlantic League, an athletic conference consisting of both parochial and public high schools located in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, and Gloucester County, and operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 675 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 496 to 778 students in that grade range.
The boys wrestling team won the South Jersey Group III state sectional championship in 1982.
In 2015, the girls' basketball team won the South Jersey Group II state sectional title with a 58-55 overtime win over Sterling High School, earning the program's first state championship.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
- Lawrence Ziemba - Principal
- Peter Daly - Vice Principal
- Joy Ford - Vice Principal
Notable alumni
- Bob Andrzejczak (born 1986), politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly.
- Chris Jay (born 1978), musician, screenwriter, actor, member of the band, Army of Freshmen.
- Bill Pilczuk (born 1971), Olympic swimmer.
- Matt Szczur (born 1989), baseball player, drafted in the 5th round of the 2010 MLB Draft by the Chicago Cubs.
References
External links
- Lower Cape May Regional High School
- Lower Cape May Regional School District
- Lower Cape May Regional High School's 2015â€"16 School Performance Report from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Lower Cape May Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- South Jersey Sports: Lower Cape May HS
