Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School
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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
. It serves students from seventh through twelfth grade, as part of the Gloucester City Public Schools
, an Abbott District
.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 954 students and 96.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.9.
The school was the 190th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly
magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 247th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Students from Brooklawn
attend the district's high school for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship
.
, has 249 students enrolled whereas the largest one, Williamstown, has 1,343 students.
Tri-County, South Jersey
and Group I State Champs
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
2003 Field Hockey Tri-County Champs
2001 Cross Country S.J. Group I Champs
2001 Softball Group I State Champs
2001 Field Hockey Tri-County Champs
2000 Softball Tri-County and Group I State Champs
2000 Field Hockey Tri-County and S.J. Group I Champs
1999 Softball Tri-County Champs
1999 Field Hockey Tri-County and S.J. Group I Champs
1999 Cross Country S.J. Group I Champs
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
Gloucester City, New Jersey
Gloucester City is a city in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the city population was 11,456.-Geography:Gloucester City is located at ....
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States
United States
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. It serves students from seventh through twelfth grade, as part of the Gloucester City Public Schools
Gloucester City Public Schools
Gloucester City Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that is based in Gloucester City, New Jersey, and serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade...
, an Abbott District
Abbott District
Abbott districts are school districts in New Jersey that are provided remedies to ensure that their students receive public education in accordance with New Jersey’s state constitution. They were created in 1985 as a result of the first ruling of Abbott v. Burke, a case filed by the Education Law...
.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 954 students and 96.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.9.
The school was the 190th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of possible interest to residents of the United States state of New Jersey...
magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 247th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Students from Brooklawn
Brooklawn, New Jersey
Brooklawn is a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 1,955.Brooklawn was incorporated as a borough on March 11, 1924, from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April...
attend the district's high school for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship
Sending/receiving relationship
A sending/receiving relationship is one in which a public school district sends some or all of its students to attend the schools of another district. This is often done to achieve costs savings in smaller districts or continues after districts have grown as part of a historical relationship...
.
Athletics
Gloucester High School is one of nineteen member schools in the Tri-County Conference, which is composed of schools whose enrollments vary greatly for grades 9-12. The smallest one, Clayton High SchoolClayton Middle/High School
Clayton Middle/High School are a comprehensive community middle school / public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from Clayton, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Clayton Public Schools....
, has 249 students enrolled whereas the largest one, Williamstown, has 1,343 students.
Recent girls' championships
2009 SoftballSoftball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
Tri-County, South Jersey
South Jersey
South Jersey comprises the southern portions of the U.S. state of New Jersey between the lower Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean. The designation is a colloquial one, reflecting not only geographical but perceived cultural differences from the northern part of the state, with no official...
and Group I State Champs
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
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
Tri-County and S.J. Group I Champs
2004 Cross Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
Tri-County and S.J. Group I Champs
2003 Cross Country Tri-County and Group I State Champs
2003 Field Hockey Tri-County Champs
2001 Cross Country S.J. Group I Champs
2001 Softball Group I State Champs
2001 Field Hockey Tri-County Champs
2000 Softball Tri-County and Group I State Champs
2000 Field Hockey Tri-County and S.J. Group I Champs
1999 Softball Tri-County Champs
1999 Field Hockey Tri-County and S.J. Group I Champs
1999 Cross Country S.J. Group I Champs
Recent boys' championships
2004 BaseballBaseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
Tri-County Champs
2002 Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
Tri-County Champs
2001 Bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
Olympic Conference
Olympic Conference
The Olympic Conference is an athletic conference consisting of public and private high schools located in Burlington County, Camden County and Gloucester County, New Jersey. The Olympic Conference operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.-Participating...
National Division Champs
2000 Bowling Olympic Conference Champs
1999 Baseball Tri-County Champs
1998 Baseball Tri-County Champs
1998 Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
Tri-County Champs
1998 Football Tri-County Champs
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:- Executive Team
- Dr Jack Don - Principal
- Christine Trampe - Assistant Principal, High School
- Dr Pat Gismonde - Assistant Principal, Junior High
External links
- Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School
- Gloucester City Public Schools
- Data for the Gloucester City Public Schools, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
- South Jersey Sports: Gloucester HS