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Enrollment
425
High
DISTRICT 295 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMDEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340264001346
Camden High School
1700 Park Boulevard, CAMDEN, NJ 08103 · (856) 966-5100 · Camden County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of New Jersey public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.3:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
231 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 129 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 90 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 102 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 104 | 24% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
5.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
0.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 6 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 1 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 5.7% | 0.7% |
| 2023-24 | 8.5% | 0.6% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
3.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-32.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 4% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Camden High School
Camden High School's state test result (3.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camden High School this school | 425 | 54.4% | 3.7% |
| Bard Early College High School NEWARK | 395 | 62.5% | 36.5% |
| Creative Arts High School CAMDEN | 209 | 46.9% | 13.0% |
| Arts High School NEWARK | 611 | 68.2% | 30.2% |
| Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School CAMDEN | 179 | 57.0% | 12.0% |
| Malcolm X Shabazz High School NEWARK | 531 | 70.4% | 9.3% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Camden High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 3.7% | #393 of 397 | #24 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 0.7% | #398 of 400 ▼ 4 | #24 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 5.7% | #390 of 395 no change | #24 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #340 of 442 | #21 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #18 of 388 | #2 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #216 of 389 | #17 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.4% | #128 of 405 | #8 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #163 of 173 | #11 of 11 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
425
+78 (+22%) vs 2020
-73% since 1990-91, when it was 1,560
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 10.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 425 | 47.5 | 8.9:1 | 54% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 46 | 8.8:1 | 46% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 71% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 34 | 10.2:1 | 54% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 46.3 | 9.1:1 | 64% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 689 | 45 | 15.3:1 | 60% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 889 | 82 | 10.8:1 | 62% (547) |
| 2000-01 | 1,529 | 141 | 10.8:1 | 23% (356) |
| 1990-91 | 1,560 | 147 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Camden High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (423 to 425); teachers up 3% (46.3 to 47.5).
About Camden High School
Among the schools in CAMDEN, New Jersey, is Camden High School, a small high school. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 425 students on the rolls. Across high schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 929.
The Camden City School District system has 16 schools and 5,871 students.
The student body at Camden High School is 53% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 45% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 19%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
Camden High School reported 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 8.9:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in New Jersey is 12.7:1. There are 231 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 54% of enrollment.
Camden High School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 1% of New Jersey public high schools.
BeatsExpectations places Camden High School in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 32.7 points below it (3.7% actual, 36.4% predicted).
Camden County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $88,755, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Camden County's 158 public schools enroll about 82,104 students and include Camden High School.
Camden High School's nearest public school is Creative Arts High School (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Camden High School ranks 7th of 7 on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Camden High School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 78 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 10.2 to 8.9 over 4 years.
The allk12 page for Camden High School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Camden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
527,257
Census ACS
Median income
$88,755
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
158
82,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Camden City School District
- Octavius V. Catto Community Family SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Thomas H. Dudley Family SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 512 students
- Veterans Memorial Family SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Cooper's Poynt Family SchoolElementary · 381 students
Other schools in CAMDEN
- Mastery Schools of Camden Inc.Combined · 2,873 students
- Camden's Promise Charter SchoolCombined · 2,457 students
- KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit CorporationCombined · 2,280 students
- Leap Academy University Charter SchoolCombined · 1,540 students
- Camden Prep Inc.Combined · 1,498 students
- Octavius V. Catto Community Family SchoolElementary · 593 students
Other Camden High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Camden High. Camden High School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Camden HighCamden, SC · 1,136 students
- Camden HighMINNEAPOLIS, MN · 783 students
Nearby schools
- Creative Arts High School0.0 mi · 209
- Camden Big Picture Learning Academy0.0 mi · 150
- Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School0.0 mi · 179
- Forest Hill School0.1 mi · 339
- Martha F. Wilson Early Childhood Development Center0.2 mi · 306
- Thomas H. Dudley Family School0.6 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Camden High SchoolHow large is Camden High School?
Camden High School enrolls approximately 425 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Camden High School serve?
Camden High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Camden High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Camden High School is approximately 8.9:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Camden High School?
At Camden High School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 45% Hispanic, 53% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Camden High School in?
Camden High School is part of Camden City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.