Paulsboro High School is a comprehensive community six-year public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grade from Paulsboro, in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is the sole secondary school of the Paulsboro Public Schools.
As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 425 students and 31.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.5:1. There were 181 students (42.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 18 (4.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Paulsboro High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
Students in grades 9-12 from Greenwich Township attend Paulsboro High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Greenwich Township School District.Paulsboro Public Schools 2016 Report Card Narrative , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 30, 2017. "The district schools serve just under 1,200 students including high school students from Greenwich Township."Paciolla, Christina. "Slash in school aid to Greenwich Township prompts tax hike", Gloucester County Times, March 25, 2010. Accessed January 25, 2011. "The cost of sending over 100 township students to Paulsboro High School also increased to $2,500 per pupil."
History The district's first high school program began in 1907. Paulsboro High School was dedicated in May 1917 and constructed at a cost of $60,000 (equivalent to $ in ).About, Paulsboro High School. Accessed May 28, 2022. "High school in Paulsboro began at Buck Street School when, in 1905, the Board of Education approved a four-year high school course of study. The high school curriculum itself was approved during November 1907... At its January 1907 meeting, the Board of Education appointed a committee to research and select a site for a high school to be built. Paulsboro High School had seventeen rooms when dedicated on May 8, 1917. It cost $60,000 to build."
Awards, recognition and rankings The school was the 309th-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 278th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 265th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 3, 2012. The magazine ranked the school 277th in 2008 out of 316 schools.Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 6, 2011. The school was ranked 264th 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.
Athletics The Paulsboro High School Red RaidersPaulsboro 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 1, 2022.League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. With 286 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group I 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 Diamond Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconferencePaulsboro Red Raiders, 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 I South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 185 to 482 students.NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2024–2026, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated September 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024.