Burlington Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Burlington Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Burlington Township School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1971.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,297 students and 99.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. There were 234 students (18.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 66 (5.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
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Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 178th-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 203rd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 153rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 140th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 138th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school as 186th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (a decrease of 6 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).
Athletics
The Burlington Township High School Falcons compete in the Burlington County Scholastic League, which includes public and non-public high schools in the Burlington County area, operating under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 969 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 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. Township and student population have drastically increased within the past decade. The school, during the first seven years of competition in the Burlington County League, was considered a "Group I" then "Group II" category.
Main rivals are Burlington City High School, Delran High School, Florence Township Memorial High School and Holy Cross High School.
The 2010-11 boys basketball team won the Central Jersey Group III Sectional championship with a 70-64 win over Colts Neck High School, overcoming a deficit of 13 points in the fourth quarter. The 2011 sectional title was the program's tenth overall and its first since 1992. All of its previous championships - including state titles in 1985, 1987 and 1992 - had come while the school was categorized as Group I.
The football team won the South Jersey Group I state sectional championships in 1976 and 1977. The BTHS football team had won two consecutive Patriot Division titles and were moved up to the Liberty Division, where they pulled through the 2006-07 season with a 1-7 record. The first two games of the 06-07 season were forfeited due to an ineligible running back, overturning two games the team had won.
The 2011 boys soccer team won the BCSL Liberty Division for the first time in school history with a 7-1-2 record; the title was also the first in the boys soccer program's history.
The BTHS boys bowling team won the BCSL division championship with an 11-1 division record, and went 14-5 overall, and repeated as division champion in 2012.
Allegations of religious intolerance
On March 22, 2007, Burlington Township High School scheduled a simulated Columbine-like school shooting, lockdown and evacuation where Burlington Township Police detectives posed as Christian fundamentalists who became angry (when a student was expelled for praying before class) and began shooting students in order to "seek justice".
In response to the news coverage, the Burlington Township School District issued an official statement saying:
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
- Phillip Brownridge - Principal
- Neal Canavan - Assistant Principal for Grade 10-12 A - K / Math & Science
- Christopher A. Ilconich - Assistant Principal for Grade 9 / Special Education 9-12
- Naomi Threadgill - Assistant Principal for Grade 10-12 L - Z / Language Arts Literacy and Media Center
Notable alumni
- Kevin Baggett (born 1966), head men's basketball coach for Rider University.
- Rod Streater (born 1988), wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders.
Notable faculty
- Kenneth William Faulkner (born 1947), former boys' basketball coach who led the team to a 521-129 record and NJSIAA Group I state championships in 1985, 1987 and 1992.
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