Camden Academy Charter High School

Camden Academy Charter High School is a four-year public charter high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Camden, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of Camden's Promise Charter School and operates under the terms of a charter granted by the New Jersey Department of Education.[3]

Camden Academy Charter High School
Address
879 Beideman Avenue

Camden
,
Camden County
,
New Jersey
08105

United States
Coordinates39.957806°N 75.085332°W / 39.957806; -75.085332
Information
TypeCharter public high school
MottoThe Passport to the Future
Established2001
NCES School ID3400785[1]
PrincipalDara Ash
Faculty200.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,252 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.3:1[1]
Color(s)  Black
  White and
  Burgundy[2]
Team nameCougars[2]
NewspaperThe Daily Claw
Websitewww.promiseacademycharter.org/o/cachs

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,252 students and 200.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1. There were 1,749 students (77.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 244 (10.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

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".[4]

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.[2][5] With 505 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range.[6] Interscholastic sports offered by the school include baseball, basketball (men and women), softball and volleyball (men and women).[2]

Administration

The school's principal is Dara Ash.[7]

References
  1. School data for Camden's Promise Charter School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Camden Promise Charter School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  3. Charter Schools-Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 25, 2019.
  4. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  5. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  6. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  7. Staff, Camden Academy Charter High School. Accessed November 11, 2020.
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