Linden High School (New Jersey)
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| 121 West St. George Avenue Linden, NJ 07036 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Linden Public Schools |
| Principal | Yelena Horré |
| Vice principals | Lizzie Ortiz Gwendolyn Long Kevin Thurston David Walker Frank Bandinelli |
| Faculty | 134.0 FTEs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,769 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.2:1 |
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Orange and black |
| Athletics conference | Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference |
| Team name | Tigers |
| Website | School website |
Linden High School is a comprehensive community public high school located in Linden in Union County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Linden Public Schools. 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 1,769 students and 134.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1. There were 818 students (46.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 211 (11.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Linden High School has been an IB World School since July 2001, offering students the IB Diploma Programme.
The school was the 253rd-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 326th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 284th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 299th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 293rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
The Linden High School Tigers compete in the Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 1,316 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,114 to 4,800 students in that grade range. Prior to the 2010 realignment, the school had participated in the Watchung Conference, a high school sports association made up of public high schools covering Essex County, Hudson County and Union County.
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