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Collingswood High School
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Collingswood High School
Located at 424 COLLINGS AVE, in COLLINGSWOOD, New Jersey, Collingswood High School is an intimate senior high that teaches 761 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Collingswood Public School District.
Collingswood Public School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 2,205 students. Collingswood High School is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Collingswood High School shows that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 16% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
On the resource side, Collingswood High School logs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Collingswood High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Collingswood High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.3%.
In the surrounding community, Camden County reports that median household earnings sit near $88,755, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Camden County runs 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students), of which Collingswood High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Collingswood Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Collingswood High School. On composite proficiency, Collingswood High School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.
Collingswood High School operates from a residential location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Collingswood High School has rose 4%, going from 735 students in 2018 to 761 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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- Collingswood Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
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- Mark Newbie Elementary SchoolElementary · 136 students
- James A. Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 128 students
- Collingswood Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
- William P Tatem Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- Zane North Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
- Mark Newbie Elementary SchoolElementary · 136 students
- James A. Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 128 students
- Collingswood Pre Sch Penguins Childhood CenterElementary · 58 students
- Collingswood Middle School0.0 mi · 446
- James A. Garfield Elementary School0.4 mi · 128
- Collingswood Pre Sch Penguins Childhood Center0.4 mi · 58
- Zane North Elementary School0.5 mi · 174
- Mark Newbie Elementary School0.6 mi · 136
- Thomas Sharp Elementary School0.7 mi · 211