Camden Big Picture Learning Academy

Camden Big Picture Learning Academy (formerly MetEast High School) is a four-year public high school in the City of Camden, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Camden City Public Schools. The school opened in 2005 in conjunction with Big Picture Learning as an effort to prepare students for success in college through greater community involvement and mentoring.[3]

Camden Big Picture Learning Academy
Address
1725 Park Boulevard

Camden
,
Camden County
,
New Jersey
08103

United States
Coordinates39.933815°N 75.09735°W / 39.933815; -75.09735
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoEducating Camden's Students One at a Time
Established2005
School districtCamden City Public Schools
NCES School ID340264000579[1]
PrincipalTimothy L. Jenkins[2]
Faculty15.5 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment122 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Student to teacher ratio7.9:1[1]
Team nameTrailblazers
Websitecamdencityschools.org/bpla/

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 122 students and 15.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.9:1. There were 77 students (63.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 3 (2.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 285th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 211th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[4]

Notable alumni

References
  1. School data for Camden Big Picture Learning Academy, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  2. About the Principal, Camden Big Picture Learning Academy. Accessed February 24, 2022.
  3. Mulvihill, Geoff via Associated Press. "In high-dropout Camden, Big Picture kids prep for college", USA Today, June 29, 2009. Accessed August 27, 2014. "The school opened in 2005 as a laboratory for education in a city where the schools are part of an entanglement of problems.... It's one of about 60 schools nationwide established with the help of Big Picture Learning, a nonprofit with offices in San Diego and Providence."
  4. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 11, 2012.
  5. Evans, Bill. "Camden's Brad Hawkins going to prep school, still committed to Michigan, coach says", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 8, 2016. Accessed October 6, 2022. "Brad Hawkins, a recent Camden High School graduate and football standout who committed to the University of Michigan just over a year ago, announced on Twitter he would be attending Suffield Academy (Ct.) for a year of prep school instead of going to Ann Arbor.... Hawkins originally attended MetEast High School in Camden before transferring to Camden and Savage felt that may have held up the approval."
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