The building was designed by architect Frederic P. Wiedersum Associates to accommodate 1,500 students and included 26 classrooms, a gym, a cafeteria, and a 600-seat auditorium.

These accomplishments include: The Shawnee High School Renegades[3] participate in the Olympic Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools located in Burlington and Camden counties and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

[35] The team won the South, Group III state sectional championship in 2007 with a 68–62 win against Camden High School,[36] and went on to win the 2007 Group III NJSIAA state championship, defeating Monmouth Regional High School 73–47 in the semifinals and Passaic Valley by a score of 58–39 in the finals.

[39] The Shawnee football team won its third South Jersey state sectional championship in 2007, the first in Group III, rebounding from a disappointing 2006 season in which they had a losing record for the first time in nine years.

[40] The Renegades repeated as South Jersey Group III Champs in 2008 with a 28–7 win against Hammonton High School.

The 2002 team won the program's first title with a 14–10 win over Washington Township High School, despite being shut out 10–0 in the first half of the final.

The Shawnee Renegades finished the season with a 9–3 record and won the 2013 South Jersey Group IV championship, the program's fifth sectional title, with a 31–22 win against top-seeded Timber Creek Regional High School in a game played at Rowan University; the Renegades won against third seed Hammonton High School by 10–7 in the quarterfinals and erased a 24–0 deficit in the semifinals to win against second-seeded Toms River South High School by a score of 28–24.

[49] Shawnee baseball won its first NJSIAA state title in 2003, led by future Oakland Athletics' 2007 first-round draft pick Sean Doolittle and his 23 strikeouts in the 5–3 victory in the Group IV tournament final over Kearny High School, to finish the season with a 23–7 record.

The team won the South Jersey Group III state title in 2009 under Brian Anderson, the head coach, who also coaches the girls' basketball team and used to be the coordinator for the powerful Shawnee football defense, defeating Clearview Regional High School 9–2 in the sectional final.

[52] The 2009 team made it to the Group II final, falling to John F. Kennedy Memorial High School by 5–2.

[54] The team won the 2003 NJSIAA Group IV state title, defeating Bridgewater-Raritan by a score of 2–0 in the tournament's final game.

[56] The 2006 team took the South, Group III state sectional title with a 3–0 win against Ocean City High School in the tournament final.

[62] In 1977, a 1-0 win in the Group IV championship game over Passaic Valley Regional High School led the team to a 14-4-6 record.

[63] The 1989 team finished the season with a 20-0-1 record after winning the Group IV title with a 5-0 defeat of Morristown in the championship game.

[64] In 2007, the field hockey team won the South Jersey, Group III state sectional championship with a 4–0 win over Kingsway Regional High School in the tournament final.

[69] The boys' tennis team won the 2012 South Jersey Group IV state sectional championship, beating Atlantic City High School 3–2.

[72] In addition, each grade has an executive homeroom that works to organize spirit week, prom, and an annual senior trip to Walt Disney World in Florida.