Camden Academy Charter High School

Camden Academy Charter High School
Location
250 Federal Street Camden , Camden County , New Jersey 08103 United States
Coordinates	39°56′38″N75°07′32″W / 39.9437881°N 75.1255898°W / 39.9437881; -75.1255898
Information
Type	Charter public high school
Motto	The Passport to the Future
Established	2001 (2001)
Sister school	Camden's Promise, Camden's Pride, Katz Dalsey Academy
School district	Camden Charter School Network
NCES School ID	340078503390 [1]
Principal	Dara Ash Kent Edwards
Faculty	202.0 FTEs [1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,457 (as of 2024–25) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	12.2:1 [1]
Colors	Black   White and   Burgundy [2]
Team name	Cougars [2]
Newspaper	The Daily Claw
Website	www.promiseacademycharter.org/o/cachs

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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. 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]

As of the 2024–25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,457 students and 202.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1. There were 1,978 students (80.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 265 (10.8% 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] and swim (men and women).

Administration

The school's co-principals are Dara Ash and Kent Edwards. The core administration team includes two vice principals. ^[7]

References

1. School data for Camden'S Promise Charter School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 15, 2026.
2. Camden Promise Charter School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
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 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
6. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
7. Staff, Camden Academy Charter High School. Accessed January 20, 2026.

External links

• Camden Academy Charter High School
• School Performance Report for Camden Academy Charter High School , New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for Camden Academy Charter High School, National Center for Education Statistics