St. Joseph High School

St. Joseph Academy is a four-year co-educational high school located in Hammonton, in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in grades 9–12. The Academy was established for the 2020-21 school year, replacing St. Joseph High School, which had operated since 1942 under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden. The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools through December 2025; The school's accreditation status was extended for seven years in Fall 2018. In 2020, the former school permanently closed because of financial problems that were exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and the request from the Diocese of Camden. As of the 2019–20 school year, the school had an enrollment of 204 students and 14.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1. The school's student body was 77.5% (158) White, 14.2% (29) Black, 3.4% (7) Hispanic, 2.9% (6) Asian and 2.0% (4) two or more races. History After being established in 1935 as a combination preparatory school and seminary in 1935, the high school was opened to all attendees in 1942. The school had seen enrollment decline from 331 students in 2015 down to 206 in 2020, a 38% decline, and was carrying more than $6 million in debt.