Camden City Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from the city of Camden, New Jersey, United States. CCPS is an Abbott District. School districts are a form of special-purpose district in the United States (amongst some other places) which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools. ... The City of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey in the United States. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... Abbott Districts are school districts covered by a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that found that the education provided to urban school children was inadequate and unconstitutional. ...

Schools

Secondary schools

High schools

• Camden High School [1]
• Brimm Medical Arts High School [2]
• Creative Arts High School [3]
• Woodrow Wilson High School [4]
• MetEast High School [5]

Middle schools

• East Camden Middle School
• Hatch Middle School
• Morgan Village Middle School
• Pyne Poynt Middle School
• Veterans Middle School

Primary schools

• Bonsall Elementary School
• Catto Elementary School
• Cooper's Poynt Elementary School
• Cramer Elementary School
• Forest Hill Elementary School
• R.T. Cream Family School
• Davis Elementary School
• Dudley Elementary School
• Lanning Square Elementary School
• McGraw Elementary School
• R.C. Molina Elementary School
• Parkside Elementary School
• W.F. Powell Elementary School
• H.C. Sharp Elementary School
• Sumner Elementary School
• Washington Elementary School
• J.G. Whittier Elementary School
• U.S. Wiggins Elementary School
• H.B. Wilson Elementary School
• Yorkship Family School

Criticism

In the 2000s, the Camden school system was labelled as corrupt by some individuals; a July 6, 2006 editorial ^[1] written by Sherry Wolkoff appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The editorial, titled "Children of Camden get short end of the pencil," asserts that Camden school officials obtain unjustified bonuses while Camden schoolchildren have few resources. July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Philadelphia Inquirer is one of a two Knight Ridder newspaper duopoly daily for the Philadelphia area. ...

In early 2006, allegations were also made that school officials had altered standardized test scores to improve Camden's national school ratings. These accusations have neither been confirmed nor denied.^{[citation needed]}

References

The Philadelphia Inquirer is one of a two Knight Ridder newspaper duopoly daily for the Philadelphia area. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Camden City Public Schools
• Camden City Public Schools's 2004-2005 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Camden City Public Schools