Type Public high school Principal Nikolaos Koutsogiannis Faculty 36.0 FTEs Phone +1 856-881-8700 Colors Navy Blue, Gold | School district Clayton Public Schools Asst. principal Joseph Visalli Enrollment 381 (as of 2014-15) District Clayton Public Schools | |
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Address 55 Pop Kramer Blvd. A, Clayton, NJ 08312, USA Motto "Preparing Students for Opportunities of the Future" | ||
Clayton High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Clayton, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Clayton Public Schools.
Contents
- Awards recognition and rankings
- Athletics
- Curriculum and programs
- Administration
- Notable alumni
- References
As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 348 students and 34.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1. There were 129 students (37.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 50 (14.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Awards, recognition and rankings
Clayton High School was named by U.S. News & World Report as one of the "Best High Schools" in New Jersey in 2012-2013.
The school was the 273rd-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", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 184th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 224th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 210th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 244th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
In the 1997-98 school year, Clayton High School was recognized by the New Jersey Department of Education as a Best Practice School for its Commercial Art program in the Public Engagement category. In 2010, Clayton High School received a bronze medal as one of the Top High Schools in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.
Athletics
The Clayton High School Clippers compete as one of the member schools in the Tri-County Conference, which is overseen by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 302 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.
The school operates as the lead agency for cooperative wrestling and golf programs with Glassboro High School, under an agreement that expires at the end of the 2017-18 school year; Glassboro is the lead agency with Clayton for cooperative programs in boys and girls tennis expiring in 2017 and boys and girls swimming expiring in 2018.
In 1980, the boys' basketball team won the Group I state championship, defeating Mahwah High School in the tournament final.
Curriculum and programs
The school operates "Clayton Place", a youth services program that provides counseling and tutoring for high school students.
The high school's "Communications Academy", started in September 2000, provides courses in video production, mass media, journalism, and computer graphics. In 2000, a cable-television sitcom created by a student in one of Clayton High School's video production classes was broadcast on Comcast's Channel 31 in the community. Clayton High School has received press coverage for offering students distance learning opportunities at Gloucester County College and elsewhere. In 1998, for instance, 15 students from the high school took a Psychology 101 course at the college via a closed-circuit television hookup. In 1999, three students from the school took a Spanish III class given at West Deptford High School via closed-circuit television.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are: