Pennsauken High School

As a high-enrollment secondary school in PENNSAUKEN, New Jersey, Pennsauken High School educates 1,588 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District. Compared to the state average of about 929 students per school, that is 71% above typical.

Across the 10 schools in Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District (4,891 students total), Pennsauken High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Pennsauken High School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 23% Black, 10% Asian, 6% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the resource side, Pennsauken High School records 103 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Camden County's rate of about 50%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pennsauken High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.6%, the actual is 17.2%, a residual of -8.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Camden County shows 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 Pennsauken High School is one.

Charles Street School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pennsauken High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 30.7%.

Pennsauken High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Pennsauken High School's enrollment has edged up 24% since 2018, when it stood at 1,284 (now 1,588). Hispanic enrollment moved from 46% to 59% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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