Creative Arts High School

Creative Arts High School operates as a minimally staffed senior high in CAMDEN, New Jersey, run under Camden City School District. Current enrollment sits at 209 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Creative Arts High School sits 78% leaner than that benchmark.

Camden City School District runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 5,871 students. Creative Arts High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Creative Arts High School logs that Black students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school shows 40% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Creative Arts High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Creative Arts High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 40.5%; actual is 13.0%, a gap of -27.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Camden County put median household income runs about $88,755, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Camden County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students), Creative Arts High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Camden High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Creative Arts High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 11.5%.

Creative Arts High School operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Creative Arts High School has declined 39%, going from 345 students in 2018 to 209 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 70% to 58%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 7.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.