Clayton High School (New Jersey)

Clayton High School

"Preparing Students for Opportunities of the Future"
Location
55 Pop Kramer Boulevard
Clayton, NJ 08312
Information
Type Public high school
School district Clayton Public Schools
Principal Nikolaos Koutsogiannis
Asst. Principal Joseph Visalli
Faculty 40.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Enrollment 349[1] (as of 2012-13)
Student to teacher ratio 8.73:1[1]
Color(s)      Navy Blue
     Yellow
Athletics conference Tri-County Conference
Nickname Clippers
Information Member of the NJ Interdistrict School Choice Program
Website School website

Clayton High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Clayton, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Clayton Public Schools.

As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 349 students and 40.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.73:1. There were 113 students (32.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 52 (14.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

Clayton High School was named by U.S. News & World Report as one of the “Best High Schools” in New Jersey in 2012-2013.[2]

The school was the 273rd-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.[3] The school had been ranked 184th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 224th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[4] The magazine ranked the school 210th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[5] The school was ranked 244th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[6]

In the 1997-98 school year, Clayton High School was recognized by the New Jersey Department of Education as a Best Practice School for its Commercial Art program in the Public Engagement category.[7] In 2010, Clayton High School received a bronze medal as one of the Top High Schools in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.

Athletics

Clayton High School is one of the member schools in the Tri-County Conference, which is overseen by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[8] With 270 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.[9]

Curriculum and programs

The school operates "Clayton Place", a youth services program that provides counseling and tutoring for high school students.[10]

The high school's "Communications Academy", started in September 2000, provides courses in video production, mass media, journalism, and computer graphics.[10] In 2000, a cable-television sitcom created by a student in one of Clayton High School's video production classes was broadcast on Comcast's Channel 31 in the community.[11] Clayton High School has received press coverage for offering students distance learning opportunities at Gloucester County College and elsewhere. In 1998, for instance, 15 students from the high school took a Psychology 101 course at the college via a closed-circuit television hookup.[12] In 1999, three students from the school took a Spanish III class given at West Deptford High School via closed-circuit television.[13]

Administration

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

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 School Data for Clayton High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Clayton High School", U.S. News & World Report. Accessed December 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed December 24, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  7. ↑ New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipients, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 18, 2007.
  8. ↑ League Memberships – 2014-2015, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 19, 2014.
  9. ↑ 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 19, 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Clayton High School 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 19, 2014. "In addition, Clayton Place, a school-based youth services program housed in our high school and middle school, provides counseling, tutoring, and recreation activities for students at the secondary level."
  11. ↑ Harbach, Louise. "Star of Clayton High School cable sitcom is never actually scene", The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 13, 2000, page CH04. Accessed June 18, 2007.
  12. ↑ McDonald, Melody. "High schoolers get a high-tech taste of higher ed / Interactive, closed-circuit TV allows Clayton High students to take a college course in psychology", The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 15, 1998, page GL01. Accessed June 18, 2007.
  13. ↑ Hobbs, Erika. "HIGH SCHOOLERS ATTENDING CLASS VIA VIDEO \ A NETWORK OF CAMERAS, MODEMS AND TELEVISIONS \ ENABLES THEM TO TAKE COURSES AT OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS - OR COLLEGES", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 24, 1999, page GL07. Accessed June 18, 2007.
  14. ↑ Administration, Clayton High School. Accessed November 19, 2014.
  15. ↑ Staff. "Hall Decks Hawks", Philadelphia Daily News, January 5, 1984. Accessed July 24, 2012. " Temple coach John Chaney first saw Granger Hall play five years ago in the Al Donofrio Memorial Tournament at Conshohocken. Hall, a relative unknown from Clayton High School in South Jersey, was playing against Tony Costner at the time and doing a good job of holding Overbrook High School's Parade All-America center to a standoff."

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