Burlington City High School

Burlington City High School
Location
100 Blue Devil Way
Burlington, NJ 08016
Information
Type Public
School district City of Burlington Public School District
Principal James Flynn
Vice principal Jeffrey Hinson
Faculty 81.4 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 7-12
Enrollment 725[1] (2012-13)
Student to teacher ratio 8.91:1[1]
Color(s)     Royal Blue
     White
Athletics conference Burlington County Scholastic League
Team name Blue Devils
Rivals Florence Memorial HS, Palmyra HS, Burlington Twp. HS, Bordentown Regional HS, Northern Burlington County RHS, Willingboro HS
Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[2]
Website School website

Burlington City High School is a six-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grade in Burlington, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the City of Burlington Public School District. Burlington City High School serves as the receiving school for students in grade nine through twelve from Edgewater Park Township, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Edgewater Park School District.[3] The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools.[2]

Grades 7 and 8 are housed in a separate area of the building set-aside for them, and referred to as the “House”, or Junior School. The House offers a curriculum designed for this age group, along with co-curricular activities appropriate for these students. Grades nine through twelve are accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.

As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 725 students and 81.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.91:1. There were 360 students (40.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 56 (6.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 276th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[4] The school had been ranked 197th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 268th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school 267th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 252nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[7] Schooldigger.com ranked the school as tied for 331st out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (a decrease of 9 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[8]

Curriculum

Burlington City High offers students over 100 courses in academic, fine and performing arts, technical and vocational areas. Ten Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses are offered.

Athletics

Burlington City High School competes in the Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL) a sports association operating under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) and which consists of public and non-public high schools in Burlington County, Mercer County and Ocean County in Central Jersey.[9] With 381 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as South Jersey, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 182 to 473 students in that grade range.[10]

The team's mascot is the Blue Devil, and team colors are Royal Blue and White. Sports offered by the school include Baseball, Basketball (men and women), Field Hockey, Soccer (men and women), Softball, Tennis (men and women), Track and Field Spring (men and women), Track and Field Winter (men and women) and Wrestling.[11]

The football team won the NJSIAA South Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 1979.[12]

Notable alumni

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[14]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 School Data for Burlington City High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Burlington City High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed September 4, 2012.
  3. ↑ Burlington City High School 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 7, 2015. "Thirty-eight percent of students in grades nine through twelve are students from the neighboring Edgewater Park community. BCHS has served as the receiving district for the Edgewater Park School District, which educates students from kindergarten through eighth grade, for many years."
  4. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  5. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 4, 2012.
  6. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 13, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  8. ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010, Schooldigger.com. Accessed January 5, 2012.
  9. ↑ League Memberships – 2014-2015, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 18, 2014.
  10. ↑ 2014-2015 Public Schools Group Classification: ShopRite Cup–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for South Jersey, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of July 8, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2014.
  11. ↑ Burlington City High School, New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 27, 2014.
  12. ↑ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 6, 2012.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Staff. "Catching up with ...... Burlington City's Barney Schultz", Burlington County Times, June 12, 2005. Accessed May 22, 2012. "Schultz was one of three Burlington High baseball teammates from the 1940s to go on to play major-league ball. Eddie Miksis, who died in April at age 78, played 14 seasons as a utility infielder. Sam Calderone was a reserve catcher for the New York Giants and Milwaukee Braves in the early 1950s."
  14. ↑ Staff, Burlington City High School. Accessed November 18, 2014.

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