Haddon Township High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in Haddon Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Haddon Township School District. The school offers courses in math, science, languages, humanities and various vocational skills. It also offers athletics and after-school clubs and organizations. The school follows a quarter-semester system, uses a 5-point GPA scale, and offers Advanced Placement and Honors courses, both of which use a weighted average grading system. As of the 2017-18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 612 students and 54.0 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1. There were 83 students eligible for free lunch and 24 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 108th-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 50th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 97th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 80th in 2008 out of 316 schools. Previously, in 2006, the magazine ranked the school 77th out of 316 schools in New Jersey. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 141st out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics and language arts literacy components of the High School Proficiency Assessment.
The Haddon Township High School Hawks compete as a member of the Colonial Conference, which operates under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. With 475 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 78 to 478 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the Memorial Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as South Jersey Group II for football for 2017-18.
The boys' cross country team has won 13 state championships: Group III in 1968, Group II in 1971, 1972, 1976, and 1986, and Group I in 1988, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, and 2019. Haddon Township ranks 5th all-time among NJ high schools for number of boys' cross country state championships won. The team has won 20 South Jersey state sectional championships: Group III in 1968, Group II in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1985, 1986, and Group I in 1988, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019. They rank 2nd all-time in number of South Jersey state sectional championships won. The girls' cross country team won the Group I state championship in 2007. They have won 10 South Jersey state sectional championships: Group II in 1976, 1983, 1984, 2004, and Group I in 2000, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2016. They are tied for 4th all-time in number of South Jersey state sectional championships won. The boys' track and field team has won 3 state championships: Group III in 1969* and Group II in 1971 and 1972. They have won 9 South Jersey state sectional championships: Group III in 1969*, Group II in 1971 and 1972, and Group I in 1989, 1991, 2012, 2015, 2017, and 2019. The girls' track and field team won the South Jersey Group I state sectional championship in 2016. The baseball team won the 1979 Group III state title, defeating Verona High School in the championship game. The wrestling team won the South Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 1980 and 1987. The field hockey team won the South Jersey Group I state sectional championships in 1988 and 1995. The girls' basketball team won the Group I state championship in 1990, defeating North Warren Regional High School in the tournament final. In 2000, the girls' soccer team was the Group I co-champion with New Providence High School; in 2011, the boys' team defeated Waldwick High School to win the Group I state championship. '*- No team title was officially awarded that year, but Haddon Township had the highest point total. The NJSIAA later recognized them as the unofficial champions.
Administration
The school's principal is Gary O'Brien, whose administration team includes two assistant principals.
