Each season ended in a loss to Clifford Scott High School of East Orange in the state finals.

[21] The 1986 boys' basketball team won the Tri-County Conference Royal Division, South Jersey Group II and New Jersey Group II state championships; Salem defeated Central High School (Newark) in the state finals 77-63 led by the school's all-time leading scorer Keith Jackson.

[19][22] The team won the South Jersey Group I state sectional championship in 2008, defeating Paulsboro High School 64–59 in the final game of the tournament.

[24] The track & field team, under Coach Nathan Dunn Jr. won the Tri-County Conference Championship in 1960, 1961, 1968 and 1969.

Coach Dunn also started the Boys' Cross-Country program at Salem in 1962 and won the Tri-County Conference Championship in 1966 and 1967.

[26] The 1973 football team was awarded the South Jersey Group II state sectional title by the NJSIAA as co-champion with Pleasantville High School.

Brown with 2,012 yards rushing, the 1983 football team finished the season with a 9-0-2 record, having won the Tri-County Conference title and the South Jersey Group II sectional title with a 37–13 victory in the championship game against a Hammonton High School team that came into the finals undefeated.

[33] Coached by Hall of Famer Lee Bacon, the 1987 team finished the season ranked #1 in South Jersey, earning them the Courier-Post Cup.

The softball team earned the South Jersey Group I state title in 2006 with a 5–4 win over Penns Grove High School.