The school was the 258th-ranked publichigh 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 220th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 237th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 183rd in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 209th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
The Florence Township Memorial High School Flashes compete in the Burlington County Scholastic League, which consists of public and non-public high schools covering Burlington County, Mercer County and Ocean County in Central Jersey, operating under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. With 318 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as Central Jersey, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 12 to 467 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 Central Jersey Group I for football for 2017-18. The school's team name is "Flashes" and the primary school colors are blue and gold. The school participates in a cooperative wrestling program with Bordentown Regional High School as the host school / lead agency, under an agreement that expires at the end of the 2017-18 school year. The girls' field hockey team won the South Jersey Group I sectional title in 1984, 1992 and 1993, and won the Central Jersey Group I title in 2000; The team was Group I state champion in 1992. The football team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional championship in 1985, 2003-2006 and 2012. The team won the Central Jersey Group I state championships against South River High School at Rutgers Stadium in 2006, by a final score of 17-6. The win marked the team's fourth consecutive sectional title, the second most of any Burlington County school. The baseball team won the Group I state championship in 1985 and 1986. The boys' basketball team won the Group I state championship in 1986, 2000 and 2001. The team won the 2005 Central, Group I state sectional championship with a 64-50 win over Metuchen High School. The softball team took the Central Jersey, Group I state sectional championship in 2007 with a pair of shutout wins, over Middlesex High School in the semifinal and South Amboy High School in the tournament final. The team moved on to win the Group I state championship with wins over Gloucester City High School and Pompton Lakes High School in the final game. The team won the 2008 sectional title over Dunellen High School by a score of 10-0 in the final game. The 2008 team lost 9-1 to Pennsville Memorial High School in the first round of the Group I championships.
