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1300 Market Street , , 08030 United States | |
Coordinates | 39°53′14″N75°06′41″W / 39.887342°N 75.111282°W |
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Type | public high school |
NCES School ID | 340600001494 [1] |
Principal | Sean Gorman |
Faculty | 48.5 (on an FTE basis) [1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 702 (as of 2022–23) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 14.5:1 [1] |
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Athletics conference | Colonial Conference (general) West Jersey Football League (football) |
Team name | Lions [2] |
Website | www |
Gloucester City High School is a comprehensive four-year community public high school that is based in Gloucester City, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school serves students from ninth through twelfth grade as the lone secondary school of the Gloucester City Public Schools, one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke [3] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority. [4] [5]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 702 students and 48.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1. There were 339 students (48.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 76 (10.8% 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. [6]
A new high school facility, completed at a cost of almost $2 million (equivalent to $20.4 million in 2023) was opened to students in February 1961. [7]
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. [8] 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. [9] The magazine ranked the school 190th in 2008 out of 316 schools. [10] The school was ranked 247th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. [11]
The Gloucester City High School Lions [2] compete as a member school in the Colonial Conference, which is comprised of public high schools in Camden and Gloucester counties, and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). [12] [13] The school had been a member of the Tri-County Conference since it was established in 1928, and joined the Colonial Conference for the 2020-21 school year. [14] With 480 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group II South for most athletic competition purposes. [15] The football team competes in the Colonial Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconference [16] [17] and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 480 to 674 students. [18]
Girls' championships include: [19]
Boys' championships include: [19]
The school's principal is Sean Gorman. The school's core administration team includes three assistant principals. [28]
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