Brimm Medical Arts High School

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.[3]

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

Camden
,
Camden County
,
New Jersey
08103

United States
Coordinates39.924571°N 75.094991°W / 39.924571; -75.094991
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1994
School districtCamden City Public Schools
NCES School ID3402640[1]
PrincipalCorinne J. Macrina (acting)[2]
Faculty24.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment219 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio9.1:1[1]
Websitecamdencitybrimm.ss12.sharpschool.com

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 219 students and 24.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.1:1. There were 121 students (55.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 6 (2.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

History

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.[4]

Awards, recognition and rankings

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.[5] 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.[6] The magazine ranked the school 71st in 2008 out of 316 schools.[7] The school was ranked 105th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[8]

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.[9]

Administration

Hye-Won Gehring is the school's principal.[10]

Notable alumni

References
  1. School data for Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. [camdencitybrimm.ss12.sharpschool.com/about_us/about_the_principal About the Principal], Brimm Medical Arts High School. Accessed February 10, 2020.
  3. About Us, Brimm Medical Arts High School. Accessed July 24, 2019.
  4. 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"
  5. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  6. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 10, 2012.
  7. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed August 7, 2012.
  8. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  9. History, Brimm Medical Arts High School. Accessed July 24, 2019.
  10. About The Principal, Brimm Medical Arts High School. Accessed July 24, 2019.
  11. 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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