Type Public high school Principal Matthew Genna Faculty 63.6 FTEs Phone +1 856-962-5701 | Established 1910 Asst. principal Douglas Newman Enrollment 718 (as of 2014-15) Color Gold | |
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Motto It's where you want to learn. | ||
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Collingswood High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Collingswood in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Collingswood Public Schools.
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- The wiz collingswood high school
- Awards recognition and rankings
- Extracurricular activities
- Athletics
- Administration
- Notable alumni
- References
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 718 students and 63.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1. There were 264 students (36.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 72 (10.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Students in grades 9-12 from Woodlynne attend Collingswood High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Woodlynne School District. Students in grades 10-12 from Oaklyn attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oaklyn Public School District.
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Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 208th-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 262nd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 267th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 237th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 235th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Extracurricular activities
Athletics
The Collingswood High School Panthers compete as a member school in the Colonial Conference, which is composed of small schools whose enrollments generally do not exceed between 750-800 students for grades 9-12 and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 554 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 496 to 778 students in that grade range.
The school has a cooperative co-ed swimming program with Audubon High School as the lead agency that expires at the end of the 2016-17 school year.
Sports offered at the high school include:
The girls' lacrosse team won the sport's first overall state championship (defeating Moorestown Friends School in the tournament final), and again in 1977 (vs. Moorestown High School), 1979 (vs. Moorestown Friends) and 1982 (vs. Moorestown); The program's four state championships are tied for third-most in the state.
The field hockey team won the 2000 team won the South, Group II state sectional championship with a 2-1 win against Camden Catholic High School in the tournament final. The 2004 field hockey team won the Group II state championship, defeating West Essex High School in the tournament final.
In 2006 the Collingswood wrestling team won their first South Jersey Group II state sectional championship, defeating Cinnaminson High School by a final score of 43-17. The 2008 team won the Colonial Conference and South Jersey Group I championships.
The 2007-08 girls basketball team won the Colonial Conference and South Jersey Group II championships, defeating Glassboro High School by a score of 47-42 to earn the team's first sectional title since 1986, when they won the Group II state title over Harrison High School.
The 2007-08 boys basketball team won the Colonial Conference and South Jersey Group II championships, edging Cinnaminson High School by a 70-69 score.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are: