Burlington City High School


Burlington City High School is a six-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grade in Burlington, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the City of Burlington Public School District. Burlington City High School serves as the receiving school for students in grade nine through twelve from Edgewater Park, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Edgewater Park School District. The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Grades 7 and 8 are housed in a separate area of the building set-aside for them, and referred to as the "House", or Junior School. The House offers a curriculum designed for this age group, along with co-curricular activities appropriate for these students. Grades nine through twelve are accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 643 students and 73.6 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 8.7:1. There were 295 students eligible for free lunch and 55 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 276th-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 197th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 268th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 267th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 252nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school as tied for 331st out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment.

Curriculum

Burlington City High offers students over 100 courses in academic, fine and performing arts, technical and vocational areas. Ten Advanced Placement Program courses are offered.

Athletics

The Burlington City High School Blue Devils compete in the Burlington County Scholastic League a sports association operating under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association and which consists of public and non-public high schools in Burlington County, Mercer County and Ocean County in Central Jersey. With 403 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 football team competes in the Freedom Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as South Jersey Group I for football for 2018-20.
The team colors are royal blue and white. Interscholastic sports offered by the school include baseball, basketball, field hockey, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field spring, track and field winter and wrestling.
The football team won the NJSIAA South Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 1979.

Administration

The school's principal is James Flynn. His administration team includes two assistant principals.

Notable alumni