Camden High School

Set in CAMDEN, New Jersey, Camden High School is a modestly sized secondary school, one of the schools within Camden City School District. It educates 425 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 54% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Camden City School District comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 5,871 students; Camden High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Camden High School reports that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 45% Hispanic. By comparison, Camden County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Camden High School reports 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.9:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Camden High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 36.4%; this one comes in at 3.7%, -32.7 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Camden County indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,755 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Camden County runs 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students), of which Camden High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Camden High School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 13.1%.

Camden High School operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Camden High School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 423 (now 425). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 73% to 53%.

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