Delsea Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Elk Township (feeding into Delsea from Aura Elementary School, which serves grades PreK–6) and Franklin Township (from Caroline L. Reutter, which serves grades 5–6), in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Delsea Regional School District.Local Schools , Delsea Regional School District. Accessed January 5, 2017. "This area of the web site provides parents and students with links to the sending schools from Franklin and Elk Townships" Students from Newfield attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship begun in September 2010 after Newfield began a process to end its prior relationship with the Buena Regional School District.Romalino, Carly Q. "Newfield's 'no' could hurt other districts", Courier-Post, November 4, 2015. Accessed February 1, 2017. "In 2012, Newfield ended its send-receive agreement with Buena schools in Atlantic County, instead sending its 400 elementary and 120 high school students to districts in neighboring Franklin Township. The send-receive agreement with Franklin Township Public Schools and Delsea Regional School District — which also educated Elk Township high schoolers — was touted as cheaper tuition than Buena." The school district gets its name from its location just off Delsea Drive, which runs from Westville on the Delaware River to Wildwood on the Jersey shore, hence the name Del-Sea.
As of the 2024–25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,048 students and 78.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1. There were 238 students (22.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 35 (3.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Delsea Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 15, 2026.
History The Delsea Regional District was established and the high school opened in October 1960, before which high school students from Elk and Franklin Townships had attended Clayton Middle/High School."Delsea Regional High Will Open Tomorrow To Begin First Year", The Daily Journal, October 3, 1960. Accessed April 28, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Delsea Regional High School will open its doors for the first time at 8:05 tomorrow morning. A staff of 54 teachers will be present to greet pupils from Elk and Franklin Townships."Shamlin, William S. "A sprawling rural township: 3 Landmarks in Franklin", Courier-Post, October 19, 2006. Accessed September 2, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "1960: Delsea Regional High School opens accepting students from Franklin and Elk townships. Prior to that children attend high school in Clayton." The district celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010.Kephart, Bill and Mary. "A history of education in Gloucester County", Gloucester County Voices, September 12, 2010. Accessed July 12, 2011. "By the 1960s regional high schools were built. Clearview Regional High School was the first regional high school to open. The opening of Delsea Regional High School soon followed. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the opening of both Clearview Regional High School and Delsea Regional High School."
A report prepared in 2004 for the Franklin Township Public Schools considered the options of forming a consolidated, PreK–12, all-purpose regional district, establishing both Elk and Franklin Townships as separate PreK–12 districts and leaving the current situation unchanged. The report concluded that the greatest educational and financial benefits could be achieved through the creation of a consolidated PreK–12 district that would include all three existing districts.A Feasibility Study for the Franklin Township, Elk Township, and Delsea Regional High School Districts , Statistical Forecasting LLC for the Franklin Township Public Schools, March 2004. Accessed July 12, 2011.
Awards, recognition and rankings The school was the 233rd-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.Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014. The school had been ranked 235th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 246th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 24, 2012. The magazine ranked the school 202nd in 2008 out of 316 schools.Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 22, 2011. The school was ranked 230th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state."Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 193rd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 68 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the two components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), mathematics (81.1%) and language arts literacy (90.1%).School Overview; Click on "Rankings" for 2003-11 HSPA results, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 11, 2012.
Arts Delsea Regional High School's Drama program has included The Little Mermaid (2017), The Wedding Singer (2016), Grease (2015), Shrek (2015), All Shook Up (2013), Legally Blonde (2012), Hairspray (2011), Annie (2010), Footloose (2009), The Wizard of Oz (2008), Beauty and the Beast (2007), Grease (2006), West Side Story (2005), Into the Woods (2004), My Fair Lady (2003), Oliver! (2002), Bye Bye Birdie (2001), and Annie (2000).
Athletics The Delsea Regional High School CrusadersDelsea Regional High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete as one of the member schools in the Tri-County Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools located in Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties.Member Schools, Tri-County Conference. Accessed November 18, 2020. The conference is overseen by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. With 783 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range.NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020. The football team competes in the Independence Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconferenceDelsea Crusaders, West Jersey Football League. Accessed May 1, 2023.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." and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group III South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 695 to 882 students.NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2024–2026, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated September 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024.
Delsea was recognized by the NJSIAA as Group III winner of the 2009-10 ShopRite Cup, achieving first-place finishes in girls cross-country, football, both girls and boys indoor relays, girls indoor track and field, girls outdoor track and field, second place boys outdoor track and field, third-place finishes in softball (tied) and boys indoor track and field, with the addition of three points awarded for having no disqualifications during the winter season.Seventh Annual ShopRite Cup 2009-2010 Final Standings , New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. The NJSIAA recognized Delsea again in 2010-11 as winner of the ShopRite Cup for Group III, awarded for first-place finishes in indoor track & field relays for both boys and girls, indoor group track & field for both boys and girls, and in girls outdoor track & field, second in football, third in wrestling (tied) and fourth place in girls cross-country, along with six additional points for having no disqualifications for the winter and spring seasons.Eighth Annual ShopRite Cup 2010‐2011 Final Standings , New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
The baseball team won the South Jersey Group II title in 1961 and the South Jersey Group I title in 1962.Baseball Championship History: 1959–2024, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated June 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024. The team won the South Jersey Group III championship in 2005 with an 8–6 win against Lower Cape May Regional High School.Pesyna, Matt. "Delsea wins sectional in eight innings", Daily Journal, June 6, 2005. Accessed September 2, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "After waiting two extra days to play in the South Jersey Group III championship, the Delsea Regional High School baseball team had no problem staying patient for eight more innings. It's Delsea's first sectional baseball championship since 1990."2005 Baseball - South, Group III, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 30, 2007.