Brimm Medical Arts High School

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Dr. Charles E Brimm Medical Arts High School (Brimm Medical Arts for short) is a four-year magnet public high school with a "break the mold" vision focused directly on medicine, dentistry, nursing, allied health professions and other ancillary health care areas. This school serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Camden in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Camden City Public Schools.

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[edit] Enrollment

Total Teachers (FTE): 28

Total Students: 256

Student/Teacher Ratio: 9 students to 1 teacher

[edit] Screening Process

Each year in the months of March and April students in grade 8 in Camden City are able to Apply to the School. In May of the same year, all students that applied are interviewed and tested. After every student is tested 60-65 students that best exhibit what the school is looking for are chosen and will start the next school year at Brimm.

[edit] Athletics

Since Medical Arts is such a small magnet school athletics are not offered here, but students are still able to participate in athletics. Students that would like to participate in athletics are able to play for the teams of Camden High School and Woodrow Wilson High School.

[edit] Test scores

Over 90% of the students are performing at or above national averages in recent PSAT and SAT scores. Moreover, 94.1% of the students at MAHS passed the math portion of the HSPT on their first attempt, 96.1% passed writing and 88% passed reading.

[edit] National Honor Society

The Dr. Charles E. Brimm chapter of the National Honor Society is a duly chartered and affiliated chapter of this prestigious organization. Its purpose is the creation of enthusiasm for scholarship, the stimulation of a desire to render service, the promotion of worthy leadership, and the encouragement of character in all students.

[edit] Administration

Ms. Thursell Treece-Principal