Washington Township High School

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Washington Township High School is a four-year public high school located in Washington Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Washington Township Public School District. It is one of the largest public high schools in South Jersey. The school building itself is just over a quarter of a mile long. It is located at 509, 519, and 529 Hurffville-Cross Keys Road.As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,380 students and 191.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1. There were 303 students (12.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 106 (4.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.Washington Township High School is the home of the Investors Bank Performing Arts Center, known until 2015 as the TD Bank Arts Centre, which is a 2,500-seat performing arts center located at the center of the school. Most of the school's concerts and events are held there, and many notables have performed in this center, including the Barenaked Ladies, Tony Bennett, Wayne Brady, George Carlin, David Copperfield, Bill Cosby, BB King, Barry Manilow, Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, Jessica Simpson, Lewis Black, and "Weird Al" Yankovic.