Camden Academy Charter High School

Camden Academy Charter High School
Location
879 Beideman Avenue
Camden, NJ 08105
Information
Type Charter public high school
Motto The Passport to the Future
Established 2001
Principal Dr. Joseph Conway
Faculty 37.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 422[1] (as of 2012-13)
Student to teacher ratio 11.41:1[1]
Color(s) Black / White / Burgundy
Team name Cougars
Newspaper The Daily Claw
Website School website

Camden Academy Charter High School is a four-year comprehensive public charter high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Camden, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The school operates under the terms of a charter granted by the New Jersey Department of Education.

As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 422 students and 37.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.41:1. There were 335 students (79.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 57 (13.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and honors

The school was the 249th-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".[2]

Athletics

The Camden Academy Charter High School Cougars compete indepenetly of any league or conference and operates under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[3][4] With 316 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.[5]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 School Data for Camden Academy Charter High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ Camden Academy Charter High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed March 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ League Memberships – 2014-2015, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ 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 25, 2014.

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