Burlington City High School

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, operating as the lone secondary school 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, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Edgewater Park School District.[4][5] The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools.[3]

Burlington City High School
Location
Burlington City High School
Burlington City High School
Burlington City High School
100 Blue Devil Way
Burlington, NJ 08016

United States
Coordinates40.069265°N 74.852871°W / 40.069265; -74.852871
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtCity of Burlington Public School District
NCES School ID3402430[1]
PrincipalJames Flynn
Faculty73.6 FTEs[1]
Grades7-12
Enrollment643 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio8.7:1[1]
Color(s)     Royal Blue
     White[2]
Athletics conferenceBurlington County Scholastic League
Team nameBlue Devils
RivalsFlorence Memorial HS, Palmyra HS, Burlington Twp. HS, Bordentown Regional HS, Northern Burlington County RHS, Willingboro HS
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
WebsiteSchool website

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 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 643 students and 73.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.7:1. There were 295 students (45.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 55 (8.6% 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.[6] 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.[7] The magazine ranked the school 267th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[8] The school was ranked 252nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[9] 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).[10]

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

The Burlington City High School Blue Devils[2] compete 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.[11] With 403 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 78 to 478 students in that grade range.[12] The football team competes in the Freedom Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconference[13] and was classified by the NJSIAA as South Jersey Group I for football for 2018-20.[14]

The team colors are royal blue and white. Interscholastic 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.[2]

The football team won the NJSIAA South Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 1979.[15]

Administration

The school's principal is James Flynn. His administration team includes two assistant principals.[16]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty
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References
  1. School data for Burlington City High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Burlington City High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 27, 2014.
  3. Burlington City High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed February 5, 2020.
  4. Burlington City High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 28, 2017. "Burlington City High School is a six-year secondary school that includes grades seven through twelve with a total current enrollment of 700.... Thirty-nine 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."
  5. Edgewater Park Township School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 28, 2017. "The children of Edgewater Park attend school every day in a safe learning environment, where they grow and mature into caring, productive teenagers ready to move on to Burlington City School District for their four years of high school."
  6. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  7. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 4, 2012.
  8. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 13, 2011.
  9. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  10. New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010, Schooldigger.com. Accessed January 5, 2012.
  11. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2019-2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed April 29, 2020.
  12. General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  13. Divisions, West Jersey Football League. Accessed September 25, 2017.
  14. NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018-2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 22, 2019.
  15. NJSIAA Football History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 24, 2019.
  16. Staff, Burlington City High School. Accessed February 5, 2020.
  17. 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."
  18. Krebs, Rose. "Democrats declare upset in county freeholder race; Republicans will not concede", Burlington County Times, November 8, 2017. Accessed December 7, 2017. "Singh teaches at Burlington City High School and is a member of the Burlington Township Board of Education."
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