Violence, drugs and bullying in all NJ schools: Camden County

Public schools in Camden County experienced a sharp increase in reports of violence and illegal drug use since the year before the pandemic.

Camden County schools reported 36% more drug incidents in the 2021-22 school year than in the 2018-19 school year, a New Jersey 101.5 analysis of Department of Education data shows.

Reports of violence climbed by 18%.

Bullying, however, declined by by 10%.

At the same time, schools in New Jersey have been recording an annual decline in enrollment.

In the county, the school with the highest rate of all incidents was Winslow Township Middle School.

The data is based on the annual School Performance Reports for the 2021-22 school year. All the schools in the county are listed below listed alphabetically in order of school district.

Camden County schools — Bullying, violence and drug rates

Audubon Junior/Senior High School
Audubon Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 01.94 — (Total incidents: 15)
Violence rate: 0.52 — (Total incidents: 4)
Drug rate: 01.81 — (Total incidents: 14)

Mansion Avenue School
Audubon Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 01.12 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.28 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Avon Elementary School
Barrington School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.32 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Woodland Middle School
Barrington School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.86 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Bell Oaks Upper Elementary School
Bellmawr Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 03.08 — (Total incidents: 14)
Violence rate: 0.44 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 0.22 — (Total incidents: 1)

Berlin Community School
Berlin Borough School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.84 — (Total incidents: 7)
Violence rate: 0.72 — (Total incidents: 6)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School
Berlin Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 01.58 — (Total incidents: 5)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

John F Kennedy Elementary School
Berlin Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.35 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Highland Regional High School
Black Horse Pike Regional School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.18 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 01.69 — (Total incidents: 19)
Drug rate: 03.64 — (Total incidents: 41)

Timber Creek Regional High School
Black Horse Pike Regional School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.09 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 01.47 — (Total incidents: 17)
Drug rate: 04.14 — (Total incidents: 48)

Triton Regional High School
Black Horse Pike Regional School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.45 — (Total incidents: 5)
Violence rate: 01.71 — (Total incidents: 19)
Drug rate: 02.70 — (Total incidents: 30)

Alice Costello Elementary School
Brooklawn Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.34 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Camden High School
Camden City School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.77 — (Total incidents: 3)
Drug rate: 01.03 — (Total incidents: 4)

Creative Arts High School
Camden City School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 01.01 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 02.02 — (Total incidents: 4)

Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School
Camden City School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 03.55 — (Total incidents: 7)
Drug rate: 01.02 — (Total incidents: 2)

East Side High School
Camden City School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 02.52 — (Total incidents: 13)
Drug rate: 02.13 — (Total incidents: 11)

Forest Hill School
Camden City School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.53 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Henry B. Wilson Family School
Camden City School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.97 — (Total incidents: 5)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Morgan Village Middle School
Camden City School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.71 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 01.41 — (Total incidents: 4)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Veterans Memorial Family School
Camden City School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.69 — (Total incidents: 3)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Yorkship Elementary School
Camden City School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.28 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Camden County Technical School-GTC
Camden County Technical School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 01.69 — (Total incidents: 24)
Violence rate: 0.42 — (Total incidents: 6)
Drug rate: 0.84 — (Total incidents: 12)

Camden County Technical School-Pennsauken
Camden County Technical School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.28 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 01.38 — (Total incidents: 10)
Drug rate: 0.97 — (Total incidents: 7)

Camden Prep, Inc.
Camden Prep, Inc.
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.65 — (Total incidents: 7)
Drug rate: 0.19 — (Total incidents: 2)

A. Russell Knight Elementary School
Cherry Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.47 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Alternative High School
Cherry Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 05.41 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 05.41 — (Total incidents: 2)

Bret Harte Elementary School
Cherry Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.55 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Cherry Hill High School East
Cherry Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.14 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 0.14 — (Total incidents: 3)
Drug rate: 0.48 — (Total incidents: 10)

Cherry Hill High School West
Cherry Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.81 — (Total incidents: 11)
Violence rate: 01.77 — (Total incidents: 24)
Drug rate: 01.77 — (Total incidents: 24)

Clara Barton Elementary School
Cherry Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.20 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Henry C. Beck Middle School
Cherry Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 01.11 — (Total incidents: 10)
Violence rate: 0.78 — (Total incidents: 7)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

James Johnson Elementary School
Cherry Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.44 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.22 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

John A. Carusi Middle School
Cherry Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 02.67 — (Total incidents: 23)
Violence rate: 02.55 — (Total incidents: 22)
Drug rate: 0.35 — (Total incidents: 3)

Joyce Kilmer Elementary School
Cherry Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.23 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.23 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Kingston Elementary School
Cherry Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.26 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Richard Stockton Elementary School
Cherry Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.28 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Rosa International Middle School
Cherry Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 01.03 — (Total incidents: 8)
Violence rate: 0.39 — (Total incidents: 3)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Thomas Paine Elementary School
Cherry Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.31 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.31 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Woodcrest Elementary School
Cherry Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 02.11 — (Total incidents: 7)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Clementon Elementary School
Clementon Elementary School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.36 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 01.63 — (Total incidents: 9)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Collingswood High School
Collingswood Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 01.32 — (Total incidents: 10)
Drug rate: 0.79 — (Total incidents: 6)

Collingswood Middle School
Collingswood Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 01.16 — (Total incidents: 6)
Violence rate: 01.74 — (Total incidents: 9)
Drug rate: 0.77 — (Total incidents: 4)

Mark Newbie Elementary School
Collingswood Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.76 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

William P Tatem Elementary School
Collingswood Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.41 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Eastern Regional High School
Eastern Camden County Regional School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.20 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 01.87 — (Total incidents: 37)
Drug rate: 01.16 — (Total incidents: 23)

Cold Springs School
Gloucester City Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.12 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Gloucester City High School
Gloucester City Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 03.27 — (Total incidents: 20)
Drug rate: 0.49 — (Total incidents: 3)

Gloucester City Middle School
Gloucester City Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 07.36 — (Total incidents: 61)
Drug rate: 0.24 — (Total incidents: 2)

Ann A. Mullen Middle School
Gloucester Township Public Schools
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 02.21 — (Total incidents: 20)
Violence rate: 0.11 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.66 — (Total incidents: 6)

Blackwood Elementary School
Gloucester Township Public Schools
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.33 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 01.17 — (Total incidents: 7)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Charles W. Lewis Middle School
Gloucester Township Public Schools
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 02.20 — (Total incidents: 14)
Drug rate: 0.47 — (Total incidents: 3)

Glen Landing Middle School
Gloucester Township Public Schools
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 01.14 — (Total incidents: 9)
Drug rate: 0.88 — (Total incidents: 7)

Loring Flemming Elementary School
Gloucester Township Public Schools
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.60 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Union Valley Elementary School
Gloucester Township Public Schools
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.59 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 0.78 — (Total incidents: 4)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Glenview Avenue
Haddon Heights School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.78 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.39 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Haddon Heights Jr./Sr. High School
Haddon Heights School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.29 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 01.54 — (Total incidents: 16)
Drug rate: 0.77 — (Total incidents: 8)

Haddon Township High School
Haddon Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.16 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 01.95 — (Total incidents: 12)
Drug rate: 0.49 — (Total incidents: 3)

William G. Rohrer Middle School
Haddon Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.42 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.64 — (Total incidents: 3)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Central School
Haddonfield School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.23 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Elizabeth Haddon School
Haddonfield School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.28 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Haddonfield Memorial High School
Haddonfield School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.44 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.11 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.44 — (Total incidents: 4)

Haddonfield Middle School
Haddonfield School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.66 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.66 — (Total incidents: 4)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

J. Fithian Tatem School
Haddonfield School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.49 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

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(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.11 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 07.98 — (Total incidents: 150)
Drug rate: 0.48 — (Total incidents: 9)

Laurel Springs School
Laurel Springs School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.57 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Lawnside School
Lawnside School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 04.78 — (Total incidents: 15)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Lindenwold High School
Lindenwold Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.48 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 05.14 — (Total incidents: 32)
Drug rate: 02.41 — (Total incidents: 15)

Lindenwold Middle School
Lindenwold Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 03.98 — (Total incidents: 37)
Violence rate: 07.21 — (Total incidents: 67)
Drug rate: 0.11 — (Total incidents: 1)

Lindenwold School Five
Lindenwold Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 02.66 — (Total incidents: 16)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Magnolia
Magnolia School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 02.01 — (Total incidents: 8)
Violence rate: 0.25 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Mastery Schools of Camden, Inc.
Mastery Schools of Camden, Inc.
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.15 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 07.05 — (Total incidents: 191)
Drug rate: 01.11 — (Total incidents: 30)

Merchantville Elementary School
Merchantville School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 03.08 — (Total incidents: 12)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Raymond W. Kershaw School
Mt. Ephraim School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.69 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Oaklyn Public School
Oaklyn Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.75 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

George B. Fine Elementary School
Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 01.59 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 06.35 — (Total incidents: 16)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Howard M. Phifer Middle School
Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.36 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.09 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Pennsauken High School
Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 03.75 — (Total incidents: 56)
Drug rate: 01.47 — (Total incidents: 22)

Pennsauken Intermediate School
Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.63 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Dr. Albert M. Bean School
Pine Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.63 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

John H. Glenn School
Pine Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.49 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.49 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Overbrook Senior High School
Pine Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.95 — (Total incidents: 7)
Violence rate: 02.58 — (Total incidents: 19)
Drug rate: 02.04 — (Total incidents: 15)

Pine Hill Middle School
Pine Hill School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 07.31 — (Total incidents: 28)
Violence rate: 02.09 — (Total incidents: 8)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Grade Downing Elementary School
Runnemede Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.83 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Mary E. Volz Elementary School
Runnemede Public School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.38 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.19 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Somerdale Park School
Somerdale School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 01.58 — (Total incidents: 7)
Violence rate: 04.98 — (Total incidents: 22)
Drug rate: 0.23 — (Total incidents: 1)

Sterling High School
Sterling Regional School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.11 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.57 — (Total incidents: 5)
Drug rate: 0.80 — (Total incidents: 7)

Samuel S. Yellin Elementary School
Stratford School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.20 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Edward T. Hamilton
Voorhees Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.19 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Kresson School
Voorhees Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.24 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 01.18 — (Total incidents: 5)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Osage School
Voorhees Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.18 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.18 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Signal Hill School
Voorhees Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.41 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.21 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Voorhees Middle School
Voorhees Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.52 — (Total incidents: 5)
Violence rate: 0.83 — (Total incidents: 8)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Waterford Elementary School
Waterford Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.22 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.44 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Winslow Township Elementary School Five
Winslow Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 03.91 — (Total incidents: 24)
Violence rate: 03.42 — (Total incidents: 21)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Winslow Township Elementary School One
Winslow Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.88 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 01.46 — (Total incidents: 5)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Winslow Township Elementary School Six
Winslow Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 01.14 — (Total incidents: 6)
Violence rate: 01.53 — (Total incidents: 8)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Winslow Township Elementary School Three
Winslow Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.85 — (Total incidents: 4)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Winslow Township High School
Winslow Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 03.36 — (Total incidents: 41)
Drug rate: 0.25 — (Total incidents: 3)

Winslow Township Middle School
Winslow Township School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 05.85 — (Total incidents: 45)
Violence rate: 08.58 — (Total incidents: 66)
Drug rate: 01.69 — (Total incidents: 13)

Woodlynne Boro Public School
Woodlynne School District
(Camden)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 03.05 — (Total incidents: 12)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)