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Gloucester City Junior Senior High School

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Type
  
public high school

Faculty
  
86.0 FTEs

Enrollment
  
789 (as of 2014-15)

Color
  
Gold

Athletics conference
  
Tri-County Conference

Principal
  
Sean P. Gorman

Grades
  
7-12

Phone
  
+1 856-456-7000

Number of students
  
789 (2014–2015)

Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School

Asst. principals
  
Sarah K. Finley Sarah R. Foley Dr. Pat Gismonde

Address
  
1300 Market St, Gloucester City, NJ 08030, USA

District
  
Gloucester City Public Schools

Similar
  
GCHS, Mary E Costello Elem Sch, Haddon Heights Jr‑Sr Hig, Audubon High School, Haddon Township High Sch

Profiles

Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School is a comprehensive six-year community public high school that is based in Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States, serving students from seventh through twelfth grade as the lone secondary school of the Gloucester City Public Schools, an Abbott district.

Contents

As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 789 students and 86.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.2:1. There were 431 students (54.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 110 (13.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Students from Brooklawn attend the high school for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 270th-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 179th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 194th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 190th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 247th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.

Athletics

The Gloucester City High School Lions compete as a member school in the Tri-County Conference, which operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 446 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.

Girls' championships include:

  • 2014 Bowling Tri-County, SJ Group I Champs
  • 2009 Softball Tri-County, South Jersey and Group I State Champions with a 3-0 win vs. Saddle Brook High School
  • 2009 Basketball Tri-County and S.J. Group I Champs
  • 2007 Softball Tri-County and S.J. Group I Champs
  • 2005 Softball Group I State Champs
  • 2004 Field hockey Tri-County and S.J. Group I Champs
  • 2004 Cross Country Tri-County and S.J. Group I Champs
  • 2003 Cross Country Tri-County and Group I State Champs
  • 2002 Field Hockey S.J. Group I Champs
  • 2001 Cross Country S.J. Group I Champs
  • 2001 Softball Group I State Champs
  • 2000 Softball Tri-County and Group I State Champs
  • 2000 Field Hockey Tri-County and S.J. Group I Champs
  • 1999 Field Hockey Tri-County and S.J. Group I Champs
  • 1999 Cross Country S.J. Group I Champs
  • 1996 Field Hockey S.J. Group I Champs
  • Boys' championships include:

  • 2012 Football Tri-County Champs
  • 2004 Baseball Tri-County Champs
  • 2002 Football Tri-County Champs
  • 2001 Bowling Olympic Conference National Division Champs
  • 2000 Bowling Olympic Conference Champs
  • 1999 Baseball Tri-County Champs
  • 1998 Baseball Tri-County Champs
  • 1998 Basketball Tri-County Champs
  • 1998 Football Tri-County Champs
  • 1971 Baseball Group I state champion
  • Administration

    Core members of the school's administration are:

  • Sean P. Gorman – Principal
  • Sarah K. Finley- Assistant Principal
  • Sarah R. Foley – Assistant Principal
  • Dr. Pat Gismonde – Assistant Principal
  • References

    Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School Wikipedia