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Which teacher or staff member at Gloucester City High School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
739
High
DISTRICT 798 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLOUCESTER CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340600001494
Gloucester City High School
1300 MARKET STREET, GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ 08030 · (856) 456-7000 · Camden County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL739 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of New Jersey public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
14.8:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
416 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 169 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 165 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 217 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 188 | 25% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Gloucester City Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
63.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
22.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 22.4% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 13.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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%.
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 Gloucester City High School
Gloucester City High School's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucester City High School this school | 739 | 56.3% | 34.9% |
| Maple Shade High School MAPLE SHADE | 944 | 53.2% | 21.0% |
| Middle Township High School CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE | 821 | 48.1% | 22.7% |
| Absegami High School GALLOWAY | 1,130 | 54.2% | 22.9% |
| Pemberton Township High School PEMBERTON | 972 | 49.1% | 18.9% |
| Manchester Township High School MANCHESTER | 947 | 50.2% | 24.8% |
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 Gloucester City High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #212 of 397 | #10 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #239 of 400 ▲ 66 | #10 of 24 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #121 of 395 ▲ 36 | #5 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 739 | #252 of 442 | #18 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #345 of 388 | #20 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #85 of 389 | #8 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.3% | #121 of 405 | #7 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +49.0% | #12 of 173 | #1 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
739
+152 (+26%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 774
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 739 | 50 | 14.8:1 | 56% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 731 | 49 | 14.9:1 | 59% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 702 | 48.5 | 14.5:1 | 59% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 46 | 12.8:1 | 59% (344) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 49.5 | 10.0:1 | 65% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 786 | 73 | 10.8:1 | 69% (545) |
| 2010-11 | 824 | 84 | 9.8:1 | 57% (466) |
| 2000-01 | 946 | 80 | 11.8:1 | 38% (362) |
| 1990-91 | 774 | 65 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gloucester City High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 49% (496 to 739); teachers up 1% (49.5 to 50).
About Gloucester City High School
Gloucester City High School is a small high school located in GLOUCESTER CITY, New Jersey. It had 739 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in New Jersey have about 929 students on average; enrollment here is 20% lower.
Gloucester City High School is one school in Gloucester City Public School District, a system of 3 schools with 2,394 students.
More than half of enrollment at Gloucester City High School is White: 51%. The remaining shares are 19% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Camden County overall, the White share is about 55%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
Its staff includes 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.8 students per teacher. Across high schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 12.7:1. Gloucester City High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 56%.
Gloucester City High School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 57% of New Jersey public high schools.
Gloucester City High School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.9% is within a point of the 35.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Camden County, home to about 527,257 people, the median household earns about $88,755 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Camden County number 158, with about 82,104 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Cold Springs School, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Gloucester City High School is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Gloucester City High School enrolled 587 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 739. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.8:1 to 14.8:1.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Gloucester City Public School District
- Cold Springs SchoolElementary · 839 students
- Gloucester City Middle SchoolMiddle · 816 students
Other schools in GLOUCESTER CITY
- Cold Springs SchoolElementary · 839 students
- Gloucester City Middle SchoolMiddle · 816 students
Nearby schools
- Cold Springs School0.2 mi · 839
- Alice Costello Elementary School0.6 mi · 277
- Gloucester City Middle School0.9 mi · 816
- Mary Bray Elementary School1.1 mi · 289
- Bellmawr Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 496
- Yorkship Elementary School1.4 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About Gloucester City High SchoolHow large is Gloucester City High School?
Gloucester City High School enrolls approximately 739 students in grades 09-12.
Is Gloucester City High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gloucester City High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Gloucester City High School have?
Gloucester City High School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Gloucester City High School?
Student demographics at Gloucester City High School are roughly 51% White, 19% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Gloucester City High School in?
Gloucester City High School is part of Gloucester City Public School District.
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