Audubon High School is a comprehensive six-year community public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from Audubon, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Audubon School District.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 879 students and 74.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. There were 163 students (18.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 84 (9.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Public school students from Mount Ephraim attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Mount Ephraim Public Schools.
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Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 181st-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. The school had been ranked 147th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 172nd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 195th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 238th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
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Athletics
The Audubon High School Green Wave compete as a member school in the Colonial Conference, which is composed of small schools whose enrollments generally do not exceed between 750-800 students for grades 9-12 and operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. With 522 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 496 to 778 students in that grade range.
The school operates as the lead agency for a cooperative co-ed swimming program with Collingswood High School that expires at the end of the 2016-17 school year.
The football team won the South Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 1975.
Wrestling Coach Dave Lang led the Green Wave to District 28 titles in both 1997 & 1999.
From the early 1990s to the early 2000s, many considered Audubon's baseball team a dynasty; winning state championships in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 and 2001. The 2001 team won the Group II state championship with an 8-1 win over Newton High School
In June 2011, Audubon's baseball team defeated Waldwick High School for the Group I state championship, the team's seventh overall. The team was awarded the South Jersey Group III title in 1961, 1964 and 1969. The team won the Group II title in 1975, 1996, 1998 and 2001, and Group I championships in 1994, 1995, 2011 and 2012.
The girls softball team won the Group II state championships in 1976 and 1977.
The girls' field hockey team won the 2005 and 2006 Patriot Division championships.
The traditional Thanksgiving Day football game is against Haddon Township High School. Audubon won the Thanksgiving 2010 game by a score of 54-7, bringing their series record to 31-16-1.
Marching band
The school's marching band was Tournament of Bands Chapter One Champions in 1991 (Group 1). The marching band was 2005 Atlantic Coast Invitational Champion in Group 2 and 2004 Atlantic Coast Invitational Champion in Group 3. They also took first as Group II A Northern State Champions with the caption of Best Color Guard and Best Visual in 2010 with their show Celestial Journey. In 2013, they won TOB New Jersey States Championships for group II, as well as South Jersey Group II Championships. In 2015, the marching band used a custom-made show edited by Lee Deloach to win the USBands Group II A New Jersey state championship at Union High School with a score of 95.525, which is their highest score in marching band history. In 2016, the marching band won the USSBA Group III A national championship at Allentown, Pennsylvania with a new high Score of 96.013 and winning the caption award for Best Music.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
- Robert Buchs, Principal
- Frank Corley, Vice Principal
- Eric Miller, Assistant Principal
- Kelly Reising, Assistant Principal / Student Personnel Services
Notable alumni
Medal of Honor recipients
A memorial outside the high school was dedicated to the borough's three Medal of Honor recipients on July 4, 1994. An annual tribute to them includes speakers from The Navy, Military Order of the Purple Heart, and the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
- HM3 Edward Clyde Benfold (1931-52, Class of 1949), Navy Medal of Honor (posthumous), Korean War (attached to the Marine Corps).
- SFC Nelson V. Brittin (1920-1951, Class of 1939), Army Medal of Honor (posthumous), Korean War.
- CPL Samuel M. Sampler (1895-1979), Army Medal of Honor, World War I
Sports
- Dan Baker (born 1946, Class of 1964), stadium announcer for both the Philadelphia Phillies and the Philadelphia Eagles for more than two decades.
- John Barr (Class of 1975), Executive Director of East Coast Scouting for the San Francisco Giants.
- Joe Flacco (born 1985, Class of 2003), starting quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens and Super Bowl XLVII MVP.
- Bill Laxton (born 1948, Class of 1966), former MLB pitcher who played in all or part of five seasons in the majors between 1970 and 1977.
- Brett Laxton (born 1973, Class of 1992), former MLB pitcher who played in parts of two seasons for the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals.
- Vic Obeck (1917-1979), professional football player and general manager.
Others
- Edward P. McNeff (born 1924, Class of 1942), Air Force Major General and member of the Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey.
- William Siri (1919-2004, Class of 1937), was a part of the Manhattan Project which was responsible for the development of the atomic bomb. He also was co-leader of the first American expedition to successfully climb Mt. Everest and went on to climb every major mountain range in the world.
- Ben Vaughn (Class of 1973), worked as the musical composer for the award-winning TV sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun and also provided music for other TV shows including That '70s Show, Men Behaving Badly, Normal, Ohio and Grounded for Life.
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