William L. Dickinson High School | |
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2 Palisade Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07306 |
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Type | Public high school |
Established | 1906 |
School district | Jersey City Public Schools |
Principal | Dr. Frederick D. Williams |
Vice principals | Gekson Casillis Sophia Harrold David Herman Wendy Ronquillo Lydia Suarez |
Faculty | 164.0 (on FTE basis) |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 2,122 (as of 2013-14) |
Student to teacher ratio | 12.9:1 |
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Maroon and White |
Athletics conference | Hudson County Interscholastic League |
Team name | Rams |
Website | |
Jersey City High School
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Location in Hudson County, New Jersey
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Coordinates | 40°43′48″N 74°03′14″W / 40.73000°N 74.05389°WCoordinates: 40°43′48″N 74°03′14″W / 40.73000°N 74.05389°W |
Area | 11 acres (4.5 ha) |
Built | 1906 |
Architect | John T. Rowland |
Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
NRHP Reference # | 82003275 |
NJRHP # | 1514 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 1, 1982 |
Designated NJRHP | December 23, 1981 |
William L. Dickinson High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school located in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Jersey City Public Schools. Dickinson occupies a prominent location on Bergen Hill overlooking lower Jersey City and the New York Harbor. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1929.
As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,122 students and 164.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1. There were 1,326 students (62.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 144 (6.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school was the 304th-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 302nd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 308th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 295th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 291st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.