American History High School

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American History High School
Address
American History High School
74 Montgomery Street

Newark
,
Essex County
,
New Jersey
07103

United States
Coordinates 40°43′49″N74°11′13″W / 40.730201°N 74.186889°W / 40.730201; -74.186889 Coordinates: 40°43′49″N74°11′13″W / 40.730201°N 74.186889°W / 40.730201; -74.186889
Information
Type Magnet Public high school
Established2006
School district Newark Public Schools
NCES School ID341134000791 [1]
PrincipalAllison R. DeVaughn [2]
Faculty41.0 FTEs [1]
Grades 9th-12th
Enrollment432 (as of 2021–22) [1]
Student to teacher ratio10.5:1 [1]
CampusUrban
Team nameBald Eagles
Website www.nps.k12.nj.us/HIS/

American History High School is a magnet public high school in the University Heights neighborhood of Newark, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operating since its establishment in 2006 as part of the Newark Public Schools. [3] Operating together with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the New Jersey Historical Society and Rutgers–Newark, American History High School's magnet program is designed to take advantage of the city's place in American history and its access to academic, cultural and civic resources as part of a college preparatory curriculum designed to assist students in understanding local, state and national history and preparing each student to attend college. [4]

Contents

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 432 students and 41.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1. There were 340 students (78.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 38 (8.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. [1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 251st-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 198th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, the first time that the school was ranked by the magazine. [6]

Schooldigger.com ranked the school 136th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 113 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (82.4%) and language arts literacy (96.5%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA). [7]

Athletics

The American History High School Bald Eagles participate in men's bowling, men's basketball, men's soccer, women's softball and men's / women's volleyball, [8] competing independently under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). [9] With 215 students in grades 10-12, the school is classified by the NJSIAA in North II, Group I, which includes schools with enrollment in that grade range from 73 to 487. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 School data for American History High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  2. ↑ Administration, American History High School. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  3. ↑ District History, Newark Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2018. "2006: American History High Schools opens @ former Warren St School."
  4. ↑ History, American History High School. Accessed April 24, 2021. "American History High School is the Newark Public Schools’ 5th Magnet School. Established in 2007, the school is a product of a unique collaboration between the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Rutgers University, and the New Jersey Historical Society."
  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 December 1, 2012.
  7. ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011 [ permanent dead link ], Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 5, 2012.
  8. ↑ American History High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  9. ↑ League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  10. ↑ NJSIAA General Public School Classification 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 25, 2015.
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