Burlington City High School is a six-year comprehensive

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that serves students in seventh through

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in Burlington, in Burlington County, in the

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, 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

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with the Edgewater Park School District. The school is accredited by the

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Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools until July 2026;Burlington City High School

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. As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 805 students and 74.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 10.8:1. There were 375 students (46.6% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 106 (13.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Burlington City High School

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. Accessed December 15, 2024.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 276th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''

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'' 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 (a decrease of 9 positions from the 2009 rank) 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

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(HSPA).

Curriculum

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

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(AP) courses are offered.

Athletics

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL) a sports association comprised of public and private high schools in Burlington, Camden,

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counties in

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, operating under the jurisdiction of the

(NJSIAA). With 419 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group I South for most athletic competition purposes. The football team competes in the Freedom Division of the 94-team

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superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 185 to 482 students. The team colors are royal blue and white. Interscholastic sports offered by the school include baseball, basketball (men and women), field hockey, soccer (men and women), softball, tennis (men and women), track and field spring (men and women), track and field winter (men and women) and wrestling. The boys basketball team won the Group II state championship in 1966 (defeating runner-up

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in the tournament final), won the Group I title in 2002 (vs.

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) and was declared the South I Regional champion in 2020 after the finals were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 1966 team finished the season with a record of 24-0, overcoming 40 points by Roselle Park's top scorer to win the Group II state championship game by a score of 64-54 in front of a crowd of more than 8,000 at

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. The football team won the South Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 1979. The softball team finished the 1998 season with a 18-2 record after winning the Group I championship by defeating Cedar Grove High School by a score of 15-5 in the final of the playoffs.

Administration

The school's principal is Juan Arbelaez. His administration team includes two vice principals.

Notable alumni

* Sam Calderone (1926-2006), catcher who played in the Major Leagues in 1950 and from 1953 to 1954 *

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(1926-2005), played

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from 1944 to 1958 *

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(1926-2015),

pitcher from 1955 to 1965Staff
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'', June 12, 2005. Accessed May 22, 2012. "Schultz was one of three Burlington High baseball teammates from the 1940s to go on to play major-league ball. Eddie Miksis, who died in April at age 78, played 14 seasons as a utility infielder. Sam Calderone was a reserve catcher for the New York Giants and Milwaukee Braves in the early 1950s." * Balvir Singh, teacher at BCHS and politician who has teacher and politician who has represented the 7th Legislative District in the

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The Sun Newspapers, January 26, 2018. Accessed September 10, 2020. "On top of being a husband, a father to two small children (and now a newborn as of Jan. 25) and a full-time math teacher at Burlington City High School, where he graduated from and has worked for the past 11 years, the additional responsibilities of a freeholder are no small consideration."

References

External links

Burlington City High SchoolThe City of Burlington Public School District
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School Data for the City of Burlington Public School District

{{Authority control Burlington, New Jersey Edgewater Park, New Jersey Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools Public high schools in Burlington County, New Jersey