Saint James High School (New Jersey)


Saint James High School was a Roman Catholic high school located in Carneys Point Township, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States, that operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden. until it closed at the end of the 1999-2000 school year. Colors: Green & Gold; Mascot: Spartans

History

The high school opened in the late 1920s at St. James Church in Penns Grove and a new high school building was later constructed at 350 Georgetown Road in Carney's Point.
The school, the last Catholic high school in Salem County, was closed in 2000 by the Diocese of Camden as part of a retrenchment in which two elementary schools in Salem County were also closed. Starting in the 2000-2001 school year, Bishop Guilfoyle Regional Catholic School was created in the former Saint James High School building, to serve elementary school students from across the county. With enrollment declining from the peak of 373 students reach in 2001-02 to the 111 students enrolled in 2008-09 and with an annual deficit of $400,000 per year, the school was closed by the diocese at the end of the 2009-10 school year, ending Catholic education in the county.

Athletics

Baseball The baseball team won the Non-Public C South state championship in 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964 and 1965, and won the Non-Public B state championship in 1988, defeating Pope John XXIII Regional High School in the tournament final.
Football The undefeated 1981 football team won the Parochial B championship.