Irvington High School (New Jersey)
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| 1253 Clinton Avenue Irvington, NJ 07111 |
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| Type | public high school |
| Established | 1875 |
| School district | Irvington Public Schools |
| Principal | Sandra Boone-Gibbs |
| Asst. principals | John Amberg Sean C. Evans |
| Faculty | 112.0 FTEs |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,391 (as of 2014–15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.4:1 |
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Navy blue and white |
| Athletics conference | Super Essex Conference |
| Team name | Blue Knights |
| Website | School website |
Irvington High School: Frank H. Morrell Campus is a four-year comprehensive community public high school in Irvington, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades, as the lone secondary school of the Irvington Public Schools. IHS has three main floors and a basement, with each floor holding up to 23 classrooms. A west wing of the building was erected in the 1980s.
As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,391 students and 112.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1. There were 925 students (66.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 99 (7.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school was the 331st-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 309th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 287th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 307th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was bottom-ranked, 316th, in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
The Irvington High School Blue Knights compete in the Super Essex Conference, which consists of public and private high schools in Essex County and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 1,062 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015–16 school year as North II, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 778 to 1,062 students in that grade range. Prior to the 2010 reorganization, the school had competed in the Watchung Conference, which consisted of public and private high schools in Essex County, Hudson County and Union County in northern New Jersey.
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