The Lower Cape May Regional High School (LCMRHS) is a four-year comprehensive

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located in Lower Township, in Cape May County,

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, United States, operating as part of the Lower Cape May Regional School District. LCMRHS serves students in

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s from four communities in Cape May County as part of the Lower Cape May Regional School District, which includes Lower Township,

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, West Cape May, and

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; students from Cape May Point attend the district as part of a

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. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 764 students and 68.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 11.2:1. There were 204 students (26.7% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 47 (6.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Lower Cape May Regional High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022.

History

LCMRHS replaced the former Cape May High School, which closed effective December 22, 1960. The Cape May superintendent, Paul W. Schmitdtchen, decided to create a new high school, and therefore he is considered the "father" of the school. In December 1958 the voters of Cape May City, West Cape May, and Lower Township approved borrowing $1.4 million (equivalent to $ million in ) to build a new high school in Lower Township. Construction began in November 1959. The school district hired employees in April 1960. LCMRHS opened in 1961. The first class to graduate from LCMRHS was that of 1961. In 2002, the school held a groundbreaking for a $12 million (the value of $ million in ) addition covering , which included a new auditorium, as well as renovation of of area. Th school's

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opened in 2017.

Campus

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'', and the ''

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'' describe the school as being in Erma. The school has a capacity of 1,266 students.Johnson, Virgil; and Kirtland, James L
"A Feasibility Study to Reconfigure the Lower Cape May Regional School District"
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Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 236th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''

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'' 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

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the Atlantic Division of the Cape-Atlantic League, an athletic conference comprised of both parochial and public high schools located in

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counties, and operates under the aegis of the

(NJSIAA). With 594 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group II South for most athletic competition purposes. The football team competes in the Royal Division of the 94-team

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superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2022–2024. 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

The school's principal is Lawrence Ziemba. His core administration team includes two vice principals.LCMR General Information
Lower Cape May Regional School District. Accessed April 13, 2012. The athletic director is Erik K. Simonsen.

Student body

In 2012 there were 85 students of LCMR High living in Cape May City. In 2013 this number fell to 65.

Notable alumni

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. * Thomas Cannuli, (born 1992, class of 2010), professional

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. * Bill Pilczuk (born 1971, class of 1989), former 1998 World Champion swimmer and present head swim coach at

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Notable faculty

* Ed Rubbert (born 1964), former football coach who played quarterback for the

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"Lower Cape May football coach remembers 'year of the scab'"
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'', September 16, 2017. Accessed October 3, 2017. "Former Washington Redskins quarterback Ed Rubbert is now an assistant football coach at Lower Cape May Regional."

References

External links

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