| Camden High School | |
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| Address | |
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1700 Park Boulevard , , 08103 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°56′03″N 75°05′54″W / 39.934195°N 75.0982°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1891 |
| School district | Camden City Public Schools |
| NCES School ID | 340264001346[1] |
| Principal | Aaron Bullock |
| Faculty | 24.0 FTEs[1] |
| Enrollment | 421 (as of 2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.5:1[1] |
| Color(s) | Purple and Gold[2] |
| Athletics conference | Olympic Conference (general) West Jersey Football League (football) |
| Team name | Panthers[2] |
| Rivals | Camden Catholic High School Eastside High |
| Website | camdencityschools |
Camden High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school that serves students between ninth grade and twelfth grade from the city of Camden, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school is part of the Camden City School District, which is classified as an Abbott District.[3] The school, established in 1891, celebrated its centennial in 1991.[4] The school was originally known as the Camden Manual Training and High School, admitting its first class of 48 boys in 1891, with girls entering the school three years later.[5] The school had been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools from 1929[6] until 2011, when the accredited status was removed.[7]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 421 students and 24.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.5:1. There were 298 students (70.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
- ^ a b c d e School data for Camden High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
NJSIAAprofilewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Abbott School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 15, 2016.
- ^ Ott, Dwight. "Camden High School Turns 100", The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 6, 1991. Accessed July 1, 2011. "The school, once predominantly Jewish and Italian and now largely black and Hispanic, has produced other well-known alumni: Superior Court Judges Isaiah Steinberg and Theodore Davis; former Camden Mayor Angelo J. Errichetti; record producer Leon Huff; former Camden County Prosecutor Samuel Asbell; former Supremes singer Cindy Birdsong; basketball player Billy Thompson of the Miami Heat, and physician and civic leader Charles Brimm."
- ^ History, Camden High School. Accessed July 1, 1011. "Camden High School (CHS), originally known as Camden Manual Training and High School was located at 123 Federal Street in 1891. Forty-eight boys entered and were taught by the male principals of the city. In 1894, a group of girls were admitted and ordinary teachers were assigned to the school."
- ^ Camden High School Archived March 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed July 1, 2011.
- ^ Fall 2011 Accreditation Actions Archived March 9, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The Standard; A Newsletter from the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary School, Winter 2012. Accessed November 11, 2020. "Removal of Accreditation... Camden High School, Camden, NJ"