Bridgeton High School is a comprehensive community

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that serves students in

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through

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s from the city of Bridgeton, in

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, United States, operating as part of the

Bridgeton Public Schools Bridgeton Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the city of Bridgeton, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 f ...

, an

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. The school has been accredited by the

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Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1931. Students from Downe Township and Lawrence Township attend the high school as part of a

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. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,654 students and 106.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 15.6:1. There were 1,113 students (67.3% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 93 (5.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Bridgeton High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 334th-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 273rd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 303rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 297th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 283rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.

History

The school's current building was completed in 1952.

Athletics

The Bridgeton High School BulldogsBridgeton High School

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the National Division of the

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, Cumberland and

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counties, operating under the supervision of the

(NJSIAA). With 1,315 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group IV South for most athletic competition purposes. The football team competes in the United Division of the 94-team

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superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group V South for football for 2022–2024. The boys' baseball team won the South Jersey Group IV state sectional championship in 1962 and were runner-up to Livingston High School in 1976 for the Group IV state championship. The boys cross country team won the Group III state championship in 1988. The boys track team won the indoor state championship in Group III in 1989 (as co-champion), 1991 and 1994 and won the Group II title in 1995 (co-champion), 1999 (co-champion), 2001 and 2002; the program's six state group titles are tied for tenth-most in the state. The girls track team won the Group III title in 1993 and 1994, and in Group II in 1998 (as co-champion) and 2000; the program's four state titles are tied for tenth-most statewide. The boys track team won the spring track state championship in Group III in 1991-1995, and in Group II in 1997, 2002 and 2006. The boys track team won the indoor relay championship in Group III in 1994 and in Group II in 1997, 2001 and 2002 The football team won the South Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 1997 and 1999. The 1997 team won the South Jersey Group II state sectional title with a 20-8 win against

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in the championship game, the first title since the school was awarded the championship in 1947. The boys spring / outdoor track team was the

state champions in 1991–1995 in Group III, and in 1997, 2002 and 2006 in Group II.

Administration

The school's principal is Carl Dolente. His administration team includes five assistant principals.

Notable alumni

* Markquese Bell (born 1999),

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of the

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(born 1953, class of 1972), Florida businesswoman who has served as the

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. * Joseph W. Chinnici (1919-2007), politician who served in the

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from the 1st Legislative District from 1972 to 1988. *

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. * Braheme Days Jr. (born 1995), shot putter. *

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for 54 years. * George Jamison (born 1962), NFL linebacker who played for the

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. * Harvey Johnson (1919–1983), head coach of the NFLs

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in 1971. * Brison Manor (born 1952),

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who played eight seasons in the

for the

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, from 1977–1984. *

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from 1938 to 1946 *

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. Accessed February 4, 2017. "So, my last two years, ... in seventh grade and eighth grade, ... I was in the new Hopewell Township School. Then, students from Hopewell Township went to Bridgeton High School. About forty percent of the students in Bridgeton High School came from the city and the others were from outlying areas, a far-ranging distance, actually all the way down to Port Norris, twenty miles away, and our area was maybe about ten miles away. So, my four years of high school were in Bridgeton High School."

References

External links

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