Woodstown High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Woodstown and Pilesgrove Township, in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District.
As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 537 students and 52.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.3:1. There were 76 students (14.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 30 (5.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Woodstown High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
Students from neighboring Alloway, Oldmans and Upper Pittsgrove townships attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships.About Us, Woodstown- Pilesgrove Regional School District. Located in Salem County, the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District consists of four schools: Early Childhood Learning Center (grades Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten), Mary S. Shoemaker Elementary School (grades 1 through 5), Woodstown Middle School (grades 6 through 8), and Woodstown High School (grades 9 through 12). All four schools serve the residents of the Borough of Woodstown and Township of Pilesgrove. In addition, the high school receives students from Alloway and Upper Pittsgrove Townships as well as a portion of Oldmans Township."Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 26, 2017. "This School Report Card provides the school district's constituents with information concerning the district's programs, including test scores, attendance data of students and staff, financial details, and other specifics which together form a comprehensive review of our school district's offerings to the Woodstown-Pilesgrove community as well as the high school sending districts of Alloway, Oldmans, and Upper Pittsgrove." A majority of public school students in grades 9-12 from Oldmans Township attend Penns Grove High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District, with the balance attending Woodstown High School.Oldmans Township School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 26, 2017. "Oldmans sends students in grades 9-12 to the Penns Grove-Carneys Point and Woodstown School Districts, as well as the Academy Programs, and the Salem County Vocational Technical School."Bumpus, Robert L. "Salem County Report on Consolidation and Regionalization", Office of the Executive County Superintendent of Salem County, March 15, 2010, available at the website of the Asbury Park Press. Accessed July 5, 2011. "A contiguous elementary district, Oldmans Township, sends its students primarily to Penns Grove High School and a smaller number of students to Woodstown High School."
Awards, recognition and rankings The school was the 137th-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 185th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 147th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 5, 2012. The magazine ranked the school 187th in 2008 out of 316 schools.Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 21, 2011. The school was ranked 171st 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.
Athletics The Woodstown High School WolverinesWoodstown 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 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 450 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 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 Diamond Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconferenceWoodstown Wolverines, West Jersey Football League. Accessed September 5, 2020.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 I South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 185 to 482 students.NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2024–2026, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated September 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024. The school offers several athletics for both men and women including football, soccer, field hockey, tennis, golf, cross country, basketball, baseball, swimming, lacrosse, wrestling and track and field.
The Thanksgiving Day rivalry with Salem High School, among the state's oldest and one that has attracted crowds exceeding 3,000, was listed at 9th on NJ.com's 2017 list "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football". Salem leads the rivalry with a 60–35–10 overall record as of 2017.Stypulkoski, Matt. "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 27, 2017, updated May 15, 2019. Accessed December 1, 2020. "9-Salem vs. Woodstown - One of the longest Thanksgiving Day rivalries in the country is a matchup of these Salem County small-school programs.... More than 3,200 fans saw the 100th anniversary game in 2011. All-time series: Salem leads, 60-35-10"
The field hockey team won the South Jersey Group I state sectional championship in 1978, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019.History of NJSIAA Field Hockey Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2022.
The baseball team won the Group II state championship in 1991 (vs. Summit High School in the playoff finals) and won the Group I title in 2022 (vs. New Providence High School).Baseball Championship History: 1959–2024, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated September 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024. The team finished the 1991 season with a 23-7-1 record after winning the Group II state championship by defeating Summit High School by a score of 2–0 in the tournament final.McKee, Don. "Hitchner's 2-hitter helps Woodstown to Group 2 title", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 9, 1991. Accessed March 2, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Woodstown High's baseball team finished its dream yesterday, playing a near-perfect game to win the school's first NtfSIAA Group 2 championship. Hampered by disciplinary suspensions a week ago, and playing two former reserves in the starting lineup Woodstown got a two-hit shutout by lefthander Lee Hitchner to defeat Summit, 2-0, at Ridge High School field.... Woodstown ended its season at 23-7-1, and Hitchner raised his record to 9-1." The team won the Group I state championship in 2022, defeating New Providence High School by a score of 6–3 in the title game to finish the season with a 19–9 record.Miller, Sean."WATCH: Woodstown captures Group 1 state title over New Providence", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 18, 2022, updated February 16, 2023. Accessed February 26, 2023. "For the first time since 1991, Woodstown High School won a NJSIAA baseball state title, with a 6-2 win over New Providence in the Group 1 state final Saturday at Veterans Park in Hamilton (Mercer County). The Wolverines (19-9) last won the title over three decades ago in Group 2, and end their season with three titles: the Tri-State Diamond, South Jersey, Group 1, and Group 1 state championship."
Performing arts The music department is a chapter of the Tri-M Music Honor Society. The high school offers concert choir classes to all students, along with select choirs, including an extracurricular Chamber Choir. The school also has a marching band and a concert band along with extracurricular jazz and woodwind ensembles. The department also has a music technology curriculum for students interested in audio production. The Woodstown High School Drama Club features two annual shows, a fall straight play that is student-directed by seniors, who are taught the process of "how" to direct a play by the Drama Club advisor, and a winter musical, which is performed at the end of February/early March. In 2015, the Drama Club performed the Broadway musical, A Tale of Two Cities. The writer of this Broadway show came to see two of the performances, to run a theater workshop with the cast, and also took part in a "Question and Answer" session with the audience.
Communications Academy Woodstown High School is an academy school in Salem County featuring special services to students interested in the field of communications. The academy programs offer studies in audio and video broadcasting and production along with studies in journalism, public relations, public speaking, and creative writing. The junior class produces the news magazine show "Woodstown In Focus" and senior students in the academy produce the morning news show, Woodstown Today.
Administration The school's principal is Richard S. Senor. His core administration team includes the vice principal.Administration, Woodstown High School. Accessed December 23, 2024.
Notable alumni
David Bailey, politician who has represented the 3rd legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly since January 2024"Memorial Hospital of Salem elects three new board members", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 26, 2016. Accessed January 10, 2024. "A lifelong resident of Salem County, Bailey was born and raised on the Ranch Hope campus, graduated from Woodstown High School and currently resides in Woodstown, with his wife, Julie, and three children." Mario Cerrito (born 1984), film directorRoncace, Kelly. "Woodstown native Mario Cerrito visits high school to discuss filmmaking", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, Amy 10, 2014, updated January 17, 2019. Accessed January 26, 2022. "When Kranz read that 2002 Woodstown High School graduate Mario Cerrito had recently completed filming his first feature, Deadly Gamble, he reached out to the writer/director/producer and asked him to visit the academy students."