Vineland High School

For the original Vineland High School building, now on the National Register of Historic Places, see Landis Intermediate School.

Vineland High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Vineland, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Vineland Public Schools. The now reunified school operates from a south campus that had been Vineland Senior High School South (which opened in 1963) and a north campus that was formerly Vineland Senior High School North (opened in 1976). The original high school in Vineland dates back to 1870, and the 1927 Vineland High School  structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 3, 1995, and is now known as Landis Intermediate School. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1936.

As of the 2017-18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,554 students and 197.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1. There were 1,111 students (43.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 141 (5.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

A proposed dress code, that had been slated to take effect for the 2006-07 school year, gave way to controversy and debate among students and parents.

Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 264th-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 297th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 275th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 222nd in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 194th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.

Curriculum
Due to its large student body Vineland High is able to offer a wide range of elective classes topics include arts and design, computers, media, automobile repair, woodworking, as well as a wide range of Advanced Placement courses.  Courses such as English, mathematics, history, and science are tracked into college preparatory, advanced college preparatory, and honors.  Students are tracked into honors mathematics and science from middle school.

Requirements for graduation
Courses required to be taken in order to graduate are four years of English, three years of Mathematics, two years of United States History, one year of World History, three years of Science, one year of Fine, Practical and/or Performing arts, one year of a Vocational course, and one year of a World Language, and four years of Physical Education/Health. It is also required to do 50 hours of service learning. However, a student may do 100 hours of service learning to receive a cord for their graduation ceremony.

Athletics
The Vineland High School Fighting Clan compete in the Atlantic Division of the Cape-Atlantic League, an athletic conference consisting of 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 1,934 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,082 to 1,934 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the Continental Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as South Jersey Group V for football for 2018-19.

Vineland High School has participated since 1893 in an annual Thanksgiving football game with Millville Senior High School, in Millville. The rivalry is the one of the oldest public high school rivalry in the United States and the state's oldest, with Vineland leading the series 65-62-19, after Vineland's 28-18 victory in the 146th game in the series in 2017.

There is a longstanding swim team rivalry between Vineland and Mainland Regional High School.

Vineland High School's interscholastic athletic teams include:

Girls Crew
Girls Track
Girls Tennis
Girls Soccer
Girls Softball
Girls Swimming
Girls Basketball
Girls Field Hockey
Girls Cross Country
Boys Crew
Boys Track
Boys Tennis
Boys Soccer
Boys Baseball
Boys Lacrosse
Boys Swimming
Boys Wrestling
Boys Basketball
Boys Cross Country
Co-ed Football
Co-ed Golf
Co-ed Winter Track
Co-ed Fall Cheerleading
Co-ed Winter Cheerleading

The boys' cross country team won the Group IV state championship in 1964 and 1965.

The boys' wrestling team won the South Jersey Group IV state sectional title in 1988.

The boys' track team won the Group IV indoor relay championship in 2004 together with Christian Brothers Academy.

Notable alumni

 Obie Bermúdez (born 1977, class of 1995), Latin Grammy winner for Best Male Pop Vocal Album in 2005.
 Glenn Carbonara (born 1966, class of 1983), retired soccer defender who spent his entire professional career in the American indoor leagues.
 Jamil Demby (born 1996), offensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL.
 Dick Errickson (1912-1999), pitcher who played in MLB for the Boston Bees / Braves and the Chicago Cubs.
 Darren Ford (born 1985), former MLB center fielder who played for the San Francisco Giants.
 Lee Hull (born 1965, class of 1984), football coach and former player who was the head football coach at Morgan State University from 2014 to 2015.
 Alan Kotok (1941-2006) computer scientist known for his work at Digital Equipment Corporation and at the World Wide Web Consortium.
 Layle Lane (1893-1976), African American educator and civil rights activist.
 Jillian Loyden (born 1985), soccer goalkeeper.
 Vic Voltaggio (born 1941, class of 1959), Major League Baseball umpire from 1977 to 1996.

Notable staff 
 Gerald Luongo (born 1938), former principal, politician and convicted felon.

References

External links 
Vineland High School
Vineland Public Schools

School Data for the Vineland Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
South Jersey Sports: Vineland HS

Category:1963 establishments in New Jersey
Category:Educational institutions established in 1963
Category:Public high schools in Cumberland County, New Jersey
Category:Vineland, New Jersey