[5][6] In 1977, a group of parents protested to the district's board of education about profanity in the book The Catcher in the Rye, which had been included as a text in an elective course.
The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.
[17] The softball team won the Group I state championship in 1978, finishing the season with no losses after defeating Cedar Grove High School by a score of 8–2 in the final round of the tournament at Mercer County Park.
[18][19] The girls' basketball team won the Group I state championship in 1984, defeating Wallkill Valley Regional High School by a score of 54–52 in the final game of the playoff tournament to become the first South Jersey public school to win in the group.
[23] The team won the 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2015 South Jersey Group I state sectional championships with wins over Haddon Heights (in 2001 and 2002), Clayton (in 2003), Woodbury (in 2004), Point Pleasant Beach (in 2007) and Lindenwold High Schools (in 2015).
[34][35] The boys' basketball team won the 2005 South, Group I state sectional championship, edging Burlington City High School 74–72 in the tournament final.
[39] The boys' tennis team won the South Jersey Group I state sectional championships in 1995 and 1996, defeating Pitman High School both years in the tournament championship and were also the New Jersey Group I state runners-up in both of those years as well.