Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School
Address
Map
1626 Copewood Street

Camden
,
Camden County
,
New Jersey
08103

United States
Coordinates39°55′28″N 75°05′42″W / 39.924571°N 75.094991°W / 39.924571; -75.094991
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1994
School districtCamden City Public Schools
NCES School ID340264000087[1]
PrincipalCorinne J. Macrina
Faculty25.5 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment205 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Student to teacher ratio8.0:1[1]
Websitecamdencityschools.org/brimm/

Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School (Brimm Medical Arts) is a four-year magnet public high school with a "break the mold" vision focused directly on medicine, dentistry, nursing, allied health professions and other ancillary health care areas. This school serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Camden in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Camden City Public Schools. The school opened in 1994 with a freshman class of 60 students.[2] It was the first magnet school in that city.[3]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 205 students and 25.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.0:1. There were 129 students (62.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

History

The school opened on the campus of Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in September 1994 as Medical Arts High School, with an initial class of 60 students.[4]

With the opening in September 1996 of a standalone school building constructed at a cost of $3.1 million (equivalent to $5,800,000 in 2022) and designed to accommodate an enrollment of 300 students, the school became known as Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School.[5]

The school had been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools until 2013, when the school's accreditation status was removed.[6]

Academic performance

In 1998, many of the students in the 12th grade class had obtained scholarships for tertiary education, and all of the students in the 12th grade class had plans for tertiary education.[3]

The school was the 243rd-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.[7] The school had been ranked 208th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 157th out of 322 schools listed in 2010.[8] The magazine ranked the school 71st in 2008 out of 316 schools.[9] The school was ranked 105th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[10]

Athletics

Brimm does not offer its own athletic programs. Students who would like to participate in athletics may play for the teams of Camden High School and Woodrow Wilson High School.[11]

Administration

The school's principal is Corinne J. Macrina.[12]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  2. ^ About Us, Brimm Medical Arts High School. Accessed July 24, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Rhor, Monica (June 7, 1998). "Magnet school a shot in the arm for ailing district". Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. B1–B2. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "New school year brings changes", Courier-Post, August 30, 1994. Accessed February 16, 2022, via Newspapers.com: Clipping. "Camden: The city will open a new Medical Arts High School at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center. Sixty freshmen students will make up the inaugural class. Their seven teachers will work with a curriculum built around medical themes, the first being 'wellness.' Literature, writing, math, history and science classes will be interrelated. The goal is to immerse students in medical issues and prepare them for medical and scientific careers."
  5. ^ "New Jersey-American adopts Camden school", Courier-Post, September 1, 1996. Accessed February 16, 2022, via Newspapers.com. Clipping. "The New Jersey-American Water Co. has donated laboratory equipment and furniture to the new Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School.... The $3.1 million school at 1626 Copewood St. ultimately will house close to 300 students in grades 9 through 12."
  6. ^ Spring 2013 Accreditation Actions, The Standard; A Newsletter from the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools, Spring 2013. Accessed November 11, 2020. "Removal of Accreditation... Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School, Camden, NJ"
  7. ^ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  8. ^ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 10, 2012.
  9. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed August 7, 2012.
  10. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  11. ^ History, Brimm Medical Arts High School. Accessed July 24, 2019.
  12. ^ About The Principal, Brimm Medical Arts High School. Accessed April 25, 2023.
  13. ^ Narducci, Marc. "Temple's Sean Chandler: From homeless shelters to football stardom", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 26, 2017. Accessed October 10, 2019. "'Now I look back on it and see all the things I have overcome, and nothing can break me because nothing was as bad as that,' said Chandler, who attended Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School while playing for Camden."

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Public and private high schools of Camden County, New Jersey
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