Gloucester City High School

Gloucester City High School
Address
Map
1300 Market Street

Gloucester City
,
Camden County
,
New Jersey
08030

United States
Coordinates39°53′14″N 75°06′41″W / 39.887342°N 75.111282°W / 39.887342; -75.111282
Information
Typepublic high school
NCES School ID340600001494[1]
PrincipalSean Gorman
Faculty48.5 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment702 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.5:1[1]
Color(s)
   
   
Navy blue and gold[2]
Athletics conferenceColonial Conference (general)
West Jersey Football League (football)
Team nameLions[2]
Websitewww.gcsd.k12.nj.us/Domain/10

Gloucester City High School is a comprehensive four-year community public high school that is based in Gloucester City, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school serves students from ninth through twelfth grade as the lone secondary school of the Gloucester City Public Schools, one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke[3] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[4][5]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 702 students and 48.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1. There were 339 students (48.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 76 (10.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Students from Brooklawn attend the high school for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Gloucester City High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ What We Do: History, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the Abbott v. Burke case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."
  4. ^ What We Do, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.
  5. ^ SDA Districts, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.
  6. ^ Graham, Kristen A. "Brooklawn Considers Finding New District For High School Pupils", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 16, 2001. Accessed June 19, 2008. "The tiny Brooklawn system, comprising just over 300 students and one school, sends about 80 ninth through 12th graders to the neighboring Gloucester City district, which has more than 2,000 students and four schools."