Hammonton High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hammonton, in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Hammonton Public Schools.
Students from Folsom Borough and Waterford Township attend Hammonton High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Folsom Borough School District and the Waterford Township School District.Hammonton Public Schools 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 5, 2016. "The Hammonton Public School System serves children from Hammonton, Waterford, and Folsom – as well as over 140 NJ Department of Education Choice students."Schools , Towns of Hammonton. Accessed June 6, 2016. "Residents from Waterford attend grades 7 through 12. Residents of Folsom and Collings Lakes attend the Hammonton High School in grades 9 through 12 at a brand-new high school on a 118-acre campus."Puko, Timothy. "Sending Towns Feeling Pinched by Hammonton", The Press of Atlantic City, March 13, 2007. Accessed June 29, 2011. "The two school districts that send students to Hammonton are disputing tuition adjustments that would allow Hammonton School District to avoid a tax hike this year but cause large tax hikes in the sending districts. The school budgets for Hammonton and its sending districts Waterford and Folsom could hang in limbo well past next month's school board elections, and Waterford and Folsom could be left with budget fights and massive cuts, sending district superintendents said."
As of the 2024–25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,315 students and 94.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9:1. There were 365 students (27.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 88 (6.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Hammonton High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 15, 2026.
History The first school building was constructed in 1925 and used as a middle school building starting in 1966 when a new facility was completed on Liberty Street.Donio, Gabriel J. Hammonton, p. 61. Arcadia Publishing, 2002.. Accessed May 9, 2023. "Built in 1925, Hammonton High School was almost brand new when this photograph was taken. High school students attended classes at the corner of Central Avenue and Vine Street for four decades, finally leaving the building for a new facility, built in 1966 on Liberty Street The 1925 building was then used as a middle school."
Opened in 2002, Hammonton High School is the newest school facility of the Hammonton Public Schools.Schools , Town of Hammonton. Accessed September 25, 2017. "The Hammonton Middle School was built in 1966 and is currently slated for $2.5 million in improvements, the Warren E. Sooy Elementary School was opened in 1976, the Hammonton Early Childhood Education Center opened in 2001 and the Hammonton High School welcomed its first classes in 2002.... Pictured above is the new courtyard at the Hammonton High School. The school was constructed in 2002." The school's facility on a campus covering was constructed at a cost of $33 million and opened with 1,200 students from Hammonton, as well as those from Waterford Township who shifted to Hammonton High School after the Lower Camden County Regional School District was dissolved.Mark, Jason. "Students arrive for the first day of Spirits high at Hammonton High opening", Courier-Post, September 6, 2002. Accessed April 3, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Kopakowski's 'new car' is a 196,000-square-foot, $33 million facility on 116 acres of farmland on the White Horse Pike. The school is home to more than 1,200 students from Hammonton and Waterford in Camden County. After the dissolution of the Lower Camden County School District last year, Waterford was stuck with tough decisions: send its students to Winslow Township High School (formerly Edgewood) or build a high school of its own. Or it could join Hammonton in Atlantic County and contribute to the building of the new school, which is what the township chose."Schools, Town of Hammonton. Accessed April 3, 2022. "Residents from Waterford attend grades 7 through 12. Residents of Folsom and Collings Lakes attend the Hammonton High School in grades 9 through 12 at a brand-new high school on a 118-acre campus."
Awards, recognition and rankings Hammonton High School's boys' swimming and diving team was recognized with the Boys Gold Award by the 2005-06 NISCA/Kiefer Scholar Team Award.2005-2006 NISCA/Kiefer Scholar Team Award , accessed March 2, 2007.
The school was the 229th-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.Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014. The school had been ranked 288th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 233rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 12, 2012. The magazine ranked the school 239th in 2008 out of 316 schools.Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 1, 2011. The school was ranked 233rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state."Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 175th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 44 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (81.2%) and language arts literacy (92.4%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 6, 2012.
Student activities The school offers a wide range of clubs for students to participate in, centering around different activities including music, community service, arts, academics, society, and more. There are 31 different clubs, some of which are selective to join. The school offers a student council where student leaders are elected to plan events like pep rallies for the students, and make decisions for the overall student body. Hammonton High School has a chapter of The National Honor Society, an honor-based club students must apply to join. The National Honor Society and other clubs like Leo Club, Key Club, and Interact Club all center around community service in the school's area.Clubs & Organizations, Hammonton High School. Accessed February 19, 2025.
Athletics The Hammonton High School Blue DevilsHammonton High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the Cape-Atlantic League, an athletic conference comprised of public and private high schools in Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Gloucester counties, that operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. The school, a founding member of the Cape-Atlantic League in 1949, had been a member of the Tri-County Conference from 2014 to 2020, returning to the Cape-Atlantic League for the 2020–21 school year.McGarry, Mike. "Hammonton High School to rejoin Cape-Atlantic League in 2020-21", The Press of Atlantic City, November 16, 2019. Accessed November 18, 2020. "Hammonton High School is back where it belongs. The Atlantic County school will rejoin the Cape-Atlantic League in 2020-21 for all sports except football.... Hammonton was one of the CAL’s six founding members when the league began in 1949.... Hammonton left the CAL for the Tri-County Conference in 2014." With 1,071 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,060 to 5,049 students in that grade range.NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020. The football team competes in the Memorial Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconferenceHammonton Blue Devils, West Jersey Football League. Accessed May 1, 2023.Home Page, West Jersey Football League. Accessed May 1, 2023. "The WJFL is a 94-school super conference that stretches from Princeton to Wildwood encompassing schools from the Colonial Valley Conference, the Burlington County Scholastic League, the Olympic Conference, the Tri-County Conference, the Colonial Conference, and the Cape Atlantic League. The WJFL is made up of sixteen divisions with divisional alignments based on school size, geography and a strength-of-program component." and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 890 to 1,298 students.NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2024–2026, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated September 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024.
The softball team won the Group I state championship in 1980 (defeating Roselle Park High School in the tournament final) and the Group II title in 1986 (vs. Jefferson Township High School).Softball Championship History 1972–2023, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated July 2023. Accessed April 1, 2024. After losing in the finals in both 1977 and 1979, the 1980 team used seven runs scored in the second inning to carry them to the program's first state title with a 7–2 victory in the Group I championship game against Roselle Park played at Mercer County Park.Driscoll, Mary Ellen. "7-run inning paces Hammonton's win", Courier-Post, June 18, 1980. Accessed March 14, 2021. "A seven-run outburst in the second inning carried Hammonton High School to a 7-2 win over Roselle Park in the state Group 1 softball championship game at Mercer County Park here yesterday. The victory was the first-ever state championship for Hammonton. The Blue Devils reached the state finals twice in the last three years before taking this win." The 1986 team finished the season with a 30–3 record after taking the Group I title with a 4–1 win in extra innings against Jefferson Township in the championship game.Mayer, John. "Eastern's defense throttles Ridgewood", The Record, June 8, 1986. Accessed January 5, 2021. "Nelly Cruz and Carolyn Lucca each stroked run-scoring singles as Hammonton scored three runs in the top of the eighth inning to post a 4-1 victory over Jefferson in the NJSIAA Group 2 final. Barbara Sbarra (24-3) threw a two-hitter for the Blue Devils (30-3)." The team won the 2007 South, Group III state sectional championship with a 6–5 win over Central Regional High School.2007 Softball - South, Group III, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 11, 2007.