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West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

1973 establishments in New JerseyEducational institutions established in 1973Plainsboro Township, New JerseyPublic high schools in Mercer County, New JerseyUse American English from November 2020
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West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, commonly referred to locally as South, is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the Princeton Junction section of West Windsor in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades. The school is part of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, a regional school district serving students from West Windsor and from Plainsboro Township (in Middlesex County). It is one of two high schools in the district, the other being West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North. Students at High School South outperform other students in New Jersey on academic performance and college admissions tests. New Jersey students score on average 1080/1600 on the SAT, whereas High School South students score on average 1351/1600. The school offers several honors and Advanced Placement (AP) courses in various subject areas. The school determines both unweighted and weighted GPAs for students and does not rank students with the exception of the top five in every graduating class.

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