Hackensack High School
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First & Beech Streets Hackensack, NJ 07601 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | "There is no limit to the good a man can do, if he doesn't care who gets the credit." Seal motto: Scientia Terras Irradiamus (We irradiate the Earth with knowledge.) |
| Established | 1894 |
| School district | Hackensack Public Schools |
| Principal | James Montesano |
| Asst. principals | Celso King (Grade 9) Mark Johnson (Grade 10) Patricia Lozano (Grade 11) Dr. Anibal Galiana (Grade 12) |
| Faculty | 135.0 FTEs |
| Grades | 9th-12th |
| Enrollment | 1,815 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.4:1 |
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Navy Blue and Gold |
| Athletics | 25 Teams |
| Athletics conference | Big North Conference |
| Team name | Comets |
| Rivals | Teaneck High School |
| Newspaper | The Voice |
| Yearbook | The Comet |
| School song | Old Hackensack |
| Website | Web page |
Hackensack High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Hackensack Public Schools. Hackensack High School serves students from the Bergen County, New Jersey communities of Hackensack, South Hackensack (80 students in 2011-12), Maywood (250 students) and Rochelle Park (120 students).
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,815 students and 135.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1. There were 795 students (43.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 148 (8.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school was the 242nd-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. The school had been ranked 206th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 198th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 184th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 203rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 266th out of 367 public high schools statewide in its 2009-10 rankings which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
Hackensack High School was founded in 1894 and graduated its first class on February 1, 1898. The cornerstone for its present location at First and Beech Streets in Hackensack was laid on December 2, 1916. The building was dedicated in 1918. By 1920, twenty-two Bergen County towns sent their students to Hackensack High School. New wings were built in the 50's. The 1966 expansion of Hackensack High School encompassed neighboring Beech Street School and extended a two-story bridge over First Street and in 1967 the Beech Street elementary school became the "east wing" of the high school as it stands today.
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