Established 2001 Faculty 43.0 FTEs Phone +1 856-365-1000 Founded 2001 | Principal Dr. Joseph Conway Grades 9-12 District Camden Academy Charter Hi Colors Black, Burgundy | |
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Type Charter public high school Motto The Passport to the Future Address 879 Beideman Ave, Camden, NJ 08105, USA Similar Leap Academy Charter S, Camden community charter sc, Woodrow Wilson High Sch, Freedom Prep Charter S, Camden High School | ||
Camden Academy Charter High School is a four-year comprehensive public charter high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Camden, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The school operates under the terms of a charter granted by the New Jersey Department of Education.
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As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 466 students and 43.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1. There were 374 students (80.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 41 (8.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Awards, recognition and honors
The school was the 249th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools".
Athletics
The Camden Academy Charter High School Cougars compete independently of any league or conference and operates under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. With 366 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 78 to 478 students in that grade range.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are: