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
The Collingswood Panther Marching Band, under the direction of Joe Lerch since 2003, has captured titles for the United States Scholastic Band Association All-States and New Jersey state championships in the years 2004 and 2005, and participated in the National Championships in 2006, 2007, and 2009. They have performed for the Philadelphia Phillies, the Philadelphia Phantoms, and were the honorary band for the Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure on Mother's Day 2008. Most recently the Collingswood High School Panther Marching Band captured the Tournament of Bands 2010, 2012 and 2013 Southern NJ Chapter One Championships, the 2012 and 2013 Tournament of Bands New Jersey state championship, and the 2013 Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championship.
Clubs and organizations at Collingswood High School include: Anime Club, Spanish Club, German Club, French Club, Latin Club, BeatMakers Club, Junior Black Student Union, Gender-Sexuality Alliance, Poetry Club, The Paw Print student paper, Mock trial, Interact Club and Boys and Girls State
The Academic Challenge team has been ranked No. 1 in South Jersey.
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. With 548 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. The football team competes in the Colonial Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconference, and was classified by the NJSIAA as South Jersey Group II for football for 2018–20. The school participates in a cooperative co-ed swimming program with Audubon High School as the host school / lead agency that expires at the end of the 2018–19 school year. Sports offered at the high school include:
*Fall – soccer, tennis, cross country, field hockey, cheerleading, volleyball
*Winter – basketball, swimming, bowling
*Spring – track & field, softball, lacrosse
The baseball team won the South Jersey Group IV state championship in 1964 and won the South Jersey Group III title in 1966 and 1967. The girls' lacrosse team won the sport's first overall state championship, and again in 1977, 1979 and 1982 ; The program's four state championships are tied for third-most in the state. The field hockey team won the South I state championship in 1974, the Group II state championship in 1993, 2000 and 2004. The team won the 2000 South Jersey 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. The wrestling team won the South Jersey Group I state sectional championship in 2006 and the South Jersey Group II title in 2016 and 2017. In 2006, the team won their first South Jersey Group II state sectional championship, defeating Cinnaminson High School by a final score of 43–17. 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.
