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.[4][5] The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools.[3]

Burlington City High School
Address
100 Blue Devil Way

Burlington
,
Burlington County
,
New Jersey
08016

United States
Coordinates40.069265°N 74.852871°W / 40.069265; -74.852871
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtCity of Burlington Public School District
NCES School ID3402430[1]
PrincipalJames Flynn
Faculty73.6 FTEs[1]
Grades7-12
Enrollment643 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio8.7:1[1]
Color(s)  Royal Blue
  White[2]
Athletics conferenceBurlington County Scholastic League
Team nameBlue Devils
RivalsFlorence Memorial HS, Palmyra HS, Burlington Twp. HS, Bordentown Regional HS, Northern Burlington County RHS, Willingboro HS
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
Websitehsbc.burlington-nj.net

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 (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.7:1. There were 295 students (45.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 55 (8.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

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.[6] 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.[7] The magazine ranked the school 267th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[8] The school was ranked 252nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[9] 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 High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[10]

Curriculum

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

Athletics

The Burlington City High School Blue Devils[2] compete in the Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL) a sports association operating under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) and which consists of public and non-public high schools in Burlington County, Mercer County and Ocean County in Central Jersey.[11] With 353 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 students in that grade range.[12] The football team competes in the Freedom Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconference[13][14] and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I South for football for 2018–2020.[15]

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.[2]

The boys basketball team won the Group II state championship in 1966 (defeating runner-up Roselle Park High School in the tournament final), won the Group I title in 2002 (vs. Cresskill High School) and was declared the South I Regional champion in 2020 after the finals were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[16]

The football team won the South Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 1979.[17]

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.[18][19]

Administration

The school's principal is James Flynn. His administration team includes two assistant principals.[20]

Notable alumni

References
  1. School data for Burlington City High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Burlington City High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  3. Burlington City High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed February 5, 2020.
  4. Burlington City High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 28, 2017. "Burlington City High School is a six-year secondary school that includes grades seven through twelve with a total current enrollment of 700.... Thirty-nine percent of students in grades nine through twelve are students from the neighboring Edgewater Park community. BCHS has served as the receiving district for the Edgewater Park School District, which educates students from kindergarten through eighth grade, for many years."
  5. Edgewater Park Township School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 28, 2017. "The children of Edgewater Park attend school every day in a safe learning environment, where they grow and mature into caring, productive teenagers ready to move on to Burlington City School District for their four years of high school."
  6. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  7. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 4, 2012.
  8. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 13, 2011.
  9. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  10. New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010, Schooldigger.com. Accessed January 5, 2012.
  11. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  12. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  13. Divisions, West Jersey Football League. Accessed September 5, 2020.
  14. Minnick, Kevin. "Football: Entering 10th season, a new leader for state’s second-largest conference", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 8, 2019. Accessed September 5, 2020. "The WJFL was created in 2010 as a way to help teams play a full schedule and face opponents of similar size, ability and geographical location.... The league is comprised of 16 divisions and includes better than 90 high schools."
  15. NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  16. NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  17. NJSIAA Football History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  18. NJSIAA Softball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  19. Evans, David. "Thompson's shot lifts City", Courier-Post, June 7, 1998. Accessed January 13, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "It was the top of the fifth inning of the Group 1 state softball final between Burlington City High School and Cedar Grove on Saturday at Toms River East.... With the lead, Burlington City piled on eight more runs as the Blue Devils earned their, first state title with a 15-5 victory. "I'm more comfortable in pressure situations.... When Burlington City, 18-2 and ranked 12th in the Courier-Post Top 20 Poll, had advanced to the state final with a 6-4 win over Montgomery on Thursday, it was already one step beyond what the team had done last season."
  20. Staff, Burlington City High School. Accessed February 5, 2020.
  21. Staff. "Catching up with ...... Burlington City's Barney Schultz", Burlington County Times, 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."
  22. Cagnassola, Mary Ellen. "Rookie Balvir Singh takes on freeholder role as first Sikh to hold county office in NJ", 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."
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