Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School

Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School
Location
1300 Market Street
Gloucester City, NJ 08030-1632
Information
Type public high school
Principal Sean P. Gorman
Assistant principals Sarah K. Finley
Sarah R. Foley
Dr. Pat Gismonde
Faculty 78.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 7 - 12
Enrollment 817[1] (as of 2012-13)
Student to teacher ratio 10.47:1[1]
Color(s)      Dark Blue
     Gold
Athletics conference Tri-County Conference
Nickname Lions

Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School is a comprehensive six-year community public high school that is based in Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States, serving students from seventh through twelfth grade as the lone secondary school of the Gloucester City Public Schools, an Abbott district.[2][3]

As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 817 students and 78.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.47:1. There were 405 students (49.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 105 (12.9% 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.[4]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 270th-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.[5] The school had been ranked 179th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 194th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[6] The magazine ranked the school 190th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[7] The school was ranked 247th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[8]

Athletics

Gloucester City High School is a member school in the Tri-County Conference, which operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[9] With 420 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]

Girls' championships include:[11]

Boys' championships include:[11]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 School Data for Gloucester City Jr. Sr. High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ What are SDA Districts?, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed August 14, 2012. "SDA Districts are 31 special-needs school districts throughout New Jersey. They were formerly known as Abbott Districts, based on the Abbott v. Burke case in which the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts.... The districts were renamed after the elimination of the Abbott designation through passage of the state’s new School Funding Formula in January 2008."
  3. ↑ SDA Districts, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed August 14, 2012.
  4. ↑ 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."
  5. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  6. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 11, 2012.
  7. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed August 14, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  9. ↑ League Memberships – 2014-2015, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 26, 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 26, 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Gloucester City HS Sports Page. Accessed August 28, 2007.
  12. ↑ Iezzi, Bill. "Chain finds corners; Lions win Group 1 over Falcons", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 8, 2009. Accessed August 23, 2014. "The adrenaline paid off for Chain as she struck out 18 and allowed two hits in a 3-0 victory, wrapping up Gloucester's first state crown since 2005. The Lions (29-1), ranked No. 2 in South Jersey by The Inquirer, also won state titles in 2000 and 2001."
  13. ↑ Parent / Student Handbook 2014-2015, Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School. Accessed November 26, 2014.

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Coordinates: 39°53′14″N 75°06′41″W / 39.887342°N 75.111282°W