Lincoln High School (New Jersey)
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 Academy of Governance and Social Sciences at Lincoln High School
Academy of Governance and Social Sciences at Lincoln High School
Academy of Governance and Social Sciences at Lincoln High School
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| 60 Crescent Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07304 United States |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1912 |
| School district | Jersey City Public Schools |
| Principal | Cheryle Richardson-Evans |
| Vice principals | Chris Gadsden Monica Patel Natasha Walker |
| Faculty | 76.0 FTEs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 830 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10.9:1 |
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Royal blue and white |
| Athletics conference | Hudson County Interscholastic League |
| Team name | Lions |
| Website | School website |
Lincoln High School Academy of Governance and Social Sciences is a four-year public high school located in Jersey City, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, operated as part of the Jersey City Public Schools, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 830 students and 76.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1. There were 600 students (72.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 42 (5.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school was the 328th-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 294th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 305th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 291st in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 279th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Schooldigger.com ranked the school 342nd out of 409 public high schools statewide in its 2014 rankings that 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).
The original Lincoln High School opened on September 9, 1912, with an inaugural student body of 300 on a site acquired from the Hasbrouck Institute, a private school. In January 1916, the school graduated its first class of 32 students. In 1934, the school had an enrollment of 5,000 students, making it the second largest in the state.
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