Camden Academy Charter High School

Camden Academy Charter High School is a four-year public charter high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Camden, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of Camden's Promise Charter School and operates under the terms of a charter granted by the New Jersey Department of Education.[3]

Camden Academy Charter High School
Location
Camden Academy Charter High School
Camden Academy Charter High School
Camden Academy Charter High School
879 Beideman Avenue
Camden, NJ 08105

United States
Coordinates39.957806°N 75.085332°W / 39.957806; -75.085332
Information
TypeCharter public high school
MottoThe Passport to the Future
Established2001
NCES School ID3400785[1]
PrincipalDr. Joseph Conway
Faculty181.4 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,907 (as of 2016-17)[1]
Student to teacher ratio10.5:1[1]
Color(s)     Black
     White and
     Burgundy[2]
Team nameCougars[2]
NewspaperThe Daily Claw
WebsiteSchool website

As of the 2016-17 school year, Camden's Promise Charter School had a total enrollment of 1,907 students and 181.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1. There were 1,518 students (79.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 202 (10.6% 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".[4]

Athletics

The Camden Academy Charter High School Cougars compete independently of any league or conference and operates under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[2][5] With 505 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019-20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range.[6] Interscholastic sports offered by the school include baseball, basketball (men and women), softball and volleyball (men and women).[2]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:

  • Dr. Joseph Conway, Principal[7]
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References
  1. School data for Camden's Promise Charter School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 22, 2019.
  2. Camden Promise Charter School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 25, 2019.
  3. Charter Schools-Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 25, 2019.
  4. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  5. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2019-2020 Archived 2019-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 22, 2019.
  6. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019-2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 22, 2019.
  7. Administration, Camden's Promise Charter School. Accessed July 25, 2019.
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