Collingswood High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Collingswood in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is the sole secondary school of Collingswood Public Schools.
The high school offers courses in mathematics, sciences, humanities, as well as vocational courses, and offers Advanced Placement and honors courses.
As of the 2024–25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 761 students and 56.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1.School data for Collingswood High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 15, 2026.
Students in grades 9–12 from Oaklyn and Woodlynne attend Collingswood High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Oaklyn Public School District and Woodlynne School District.Collingswood High School, South Jersey magazine. Accessed May 28, 2011. "Collingswood High School serves about 850 students in grades nine through twelve from the Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne school districts."Giordano, Rita. "N.J. puts pressure on schools to share Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne are just three districts being pushed to combine services – or more.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 11, 2009. Accessed September 3, 2014. "Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne, she said, are reasonable candidates for administrative sharing.... Collingswood Superintendent Scott Oswald is established and well-regarded. Oaklyn and Woodlynne students attend Collingswood High School."
History Schools were established in Collingswood soon after the borough was created in 1888. By 1909, the first football squad to represent the high school took the field and the first class of graduates left the school the following year.History, Borough of Collingswood. Accessed March 15, 2022. "The new high school on Collings Avenue, named after Edward C. Knight, had its first graduating class in 1910.... The first football team to represent the high school took the field in 1909 and was a success from the beginning."
Students from Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township had attended the district's high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Gibbsboro School District and the Voorhees Township Public Schools until Eastern Regional High School opened in September 1965."$1.3 Million in Pacts Given For Voorhees Twp. School", Courier-Post, July 29, 1964. Accessed March 23, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The regional district includes Gibbsboro, Berlin Borough and Voorhees Township. At present, high school pupils from Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township attend classes at Haddonfield and Collingswood High Schools while Berlin pupils attend Edgewood High School."
Prior to the opening of Haddon Township High School in 1962, students from Haddon Township attended Collingswood High School."High School Has Room for 1,298 Pupils", Courier-Post, December 15, 1961. Accessed April 2, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The ultimate capacity of the new Haddon Township High School, Memorial ave., will be 1,298, Dr. John W. Brown, superintendent of schools, announced to the board of education Thursday night. Dr. Brown said the students would be fed into the new school gradually with the enrollment of the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth grades reaching 894 next September.... Collingswood Board of Education has informed Haddon Township that tuition for latter students would be increased next year from $460 to $560."
The school's alma mater is "Hail the Gold and Blue"
Awards, recognition and rankings The school was the 208th-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 262nd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 267th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 10, 2012. The magazine ranked the school 237th in 2008 out of 316 schools.Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 10, 2011. The school was ranked 235th 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.
Extracurricular activities The Collingswood Panther Marching Band, under the direction of Joe Lerch since 2003, has captured titles for the United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) All-States and New Jersey state championships in the years 2004 and 2005, and participated in the National Championships in 2006, 2007, and 2009. They have performed for the Philadelphia Phillies (three times), the Philadelphia Phantoms, and were the honorary band for the Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure on Mother's Day 2008. More recently the Collingswood High School Panther Marching Band captured the Tournament of Bands 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2015 Southern NJ Chapter One Championships, the 2012 and 2013 Tournament of Bands New Jersey state championship, and the 2013 Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championship. The Panther Band scored the highest band score in school history, with a 92.82 at the 2019 Atlantic Coast Championships. Most recently, the band was crowned the Cavalcade of Bands New Jersey State Champions for 2021.
Clubs and organizations at Collingswood High School include: Anime Club, Spanish Club, German Club, French Club, Latin Club, Junior Classical League, BeatMakers Club, Junior Black Student Union, Gender-Sexuality Alliance, Poetry Club, The Paw Print student paper (formerly The Collingswood Chronicle), The Social Justice League, Mock trial, Interact Club and Boys and Girls StateStudent Activities Booklet, Collingswood High School. Accessed August 11, 2017. Students also participate in state and national organizations such as Boys State.
The Academic Challenge team has been ranked No. 1 in South Jersey.
Athletics The Collingswood High School PanthersCollingswood High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete as a member school in the Colonial Conference, which is comprised of small schools in Camden and Gloucester counties whose enrollments generally do not exceed between 750 and 800 students for grades 9–12 and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).Schools, Colonial Conference. Accessed September 13, 2022.League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020–2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. With 612 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group II South for most athletic competition purposes.NJSIAA General Classifications - Public Schools 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2022. The football team competes in the Colonial Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconferenceCollingswood Panthers, 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 II South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 514 to 685 students.NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2024–2026, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated September 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024.
The school participates in joint boys / girls swimming teams with Audubon High School as the host school / lead agency. These co-op programs operate under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.NJSIAA Winter Cooperative Sports Programs, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
Sports offered at the high school include: Boys Fall – soccer, football, cross country Winter – basketball, wrestling, bowling, swimming Spring – track & field, baseball, tennis, volleyball Girls Fall – soccer, tennis, cross country, field hockey, cheerleading, volleyball Winter – basketball, swimming, bowling Spring – track & field, softball, lacrosse
The baseball team won the South Jersey Group IV state championship in 1964 and won the South Jersey Group III title in 1966 and 1967.Baseball Championship History: 1959–2024, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated June 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024.
The girls' lacrosse team won the sport's first overall state championship in 1976 (defeating Moorestown Friends School in the tournament final), and again in 1977 (vs. Moorestown High School), 1979 (vs. Moorestown Friends) and 1982 (vs. Moorestown); The program's four state championships are tied for seventh-most in the state.NJSIAA Girls Lacrosse Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 1, 2023. The 1976 team finished the season with a record of 17–1 after winning the state title with a 6–2 win against Moorestow Friends in the championship game.Sadler, Ruth. "Colls tarn back Friends for state lacrosse crown", Courier-Post, June 5, 1976. Accessed March 7, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Whether the old, never-washed black glove had anything to do with it, Jackie played the best game of her life, sparking Coilingswood to the first NJSIAA lacrosse championship with a 6–2 victory over Moorestown Friends in Cherry Hill Stadium. It was the first NJSIAA tournament title in Collingswood's long athletic history.... The Delaware Valley Lacrosse League champion Colls finished the season with a 17–1 record, while runnerup Friends was 12–3–1 overall."