Pennsauken High School


Pennsauken High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Pennsauken Township, Camden County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Pennsauken Public Schools.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,317 students and 98.5 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1. There were 803 students eligible for free lunch and 148 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

History

Students from Merchantville had attended the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship that began in 1972, when the borough's high school was closed. In the wake of a 2015 decision by the New Jersey Department of Education, Merchantville students began attending Haddon Heights High School starting in the 2015–2016 school year, as part of a transition that will be fully in place in the 2018–2019 school year.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 298th-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. The school had been ranked 310th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 298th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 290th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 292nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.

Athletics

The Pennsauken High School Indians participate in the Burlington County Scholastic League, which consists of public and private high schools located in Burlington County and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. With 1,068 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015–2016 school year as Central Jersey, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 822 to 1,068 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the Constitution Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as South Jersey Group IV for football for 2017–2018.
The football team won the South Jersey Group IV state sectional championships in 1980, 1984, 1986 and 2011.
The boys' basketball team won the Central, Group IV state sectional championship in 2004 with an 83-59 victory in the championship game against Steinert High School.

Marching band

The school's marching band was Tournament of Bands Chapter One Champions in 1982 and 1985–1987. The band won the New Jersey state championships in 2008 Group 3 open, with the highest score of every band there.
Also, the school's marching band won state championships, Chapter One championships, and Atlantic Coast Class A championships in 2011 with their show titled "Side Show".
Pennsauken Indoor Drumline Ensemble won in 2015 at a Winter Guard International Regional in Open Class with a score of 98.5. In 2017 Pennsauken Indoor Guard went to WGI Championships for the first time in over a decade to Dayton, Ohio. They received 6th place out of 64 other color guards from around the world in their Independent A class.

Administration

The school's principal is Richard Bonkowski. His administration team includes four assistant principals.

Notable alumni