Teaneck High School
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100 Elizabeth Street Teaneck, NJ 07666 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1922 |
| School district | Teaneck Public Schools |
| Principal | Dennis Heck |
| Asst. principals | Peter LoGiudice Pedro Valdes III |
| Faculty | 119.3 FTEs |
| Enrollment | 1,295 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10.9:1 |
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Royal blue and white |
| Athletics conference | Big North Conference |
| Team name | Highwaymen / Highwaywomen |
| Website | Teaneck High School website |
Teaneck High School (known as The Castle on the Hill) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Teaneck, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Teaneck Public Schools. The school has been accredited since 1935 by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,295 students and 119.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1. There were 256 students (19.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 81 (6.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school was renovated in 2003–04, giving students new classrooms as well as a new student center. Teaneck has implemented two academies that focus on the sciences and the arts.
Teaneck's sports teams are nicknamed the Highwaymen; girls' teams are called the Highwaywomen. The team name comes from the highwaymen who would seize money and belongings from those traveling along highways during the 17th and 18th century and for the school's location overlooking Route 4.
The school was opened in the current building, which resembles a Tudor palace in 1928, and a new wing was added in 1936. Honors courses were introduced in the 1960s. Teaneck has been a four-year high school since the 1980s.
In 1934, Teaneck High School became the first in the nation to offer a program in aviation as a vocational component of its academic program. Using a plane purchased for $1,800, students were trained in class regarding the technical aspects of flying during the first year of the two-year program, with students getting at least the minimum 50 hours of flight training during the second year needed to obtain a pilot's license.
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