Innovation High School

High school in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

40°42′38″N 74°05′05″W / 40.7105038°N 74.0847252°W / 40.7105038; -74.0847252InformationTypePublic high schoolEstablishedSeptember 2014School districtJersey City Public SchoolsNCES School ID340783003378[1]PrincipalFrancis DooleyFaculty28.0 FTEs[1]Grades9-12Enrollment272 (as of 2022–23)[1]Student to teacher ratio9.7:1[1]Websiteihs.jcboe.org

The Innovation High School is a four-year comprehensive and college preparatory public high school in Jersey City in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operated as part of the Jersey City Public Schools. It is one of a number of high school programs serving students in ninth through twelfth grades offered by the school district.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 272 students and 28.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.7:1. There were 148 students (54.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 8 (2.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

History

The school, focused on education in STEAM fields, opened with an enrollment of 100 ninth graders in September 2014 as a school-within-a-school at Henry Snyder High School, with the support of the Institute for Student Achievement and New Jersey City University.[2]

Administration

The school's principal is Francis Dooley.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Innovation High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ McGovern, Patrick. "Jersey City's new Innovation High School opens doors today", The Jersey Journal, September 4, 2014, updated January 17, 2019. Accessed January 25, 2020. "The newly created Innovation High School, which is housed inside Snyder High School, welcomed its first class of 110 9th graders. The school was founded through a partnership with the Institute for Student Achievement and New Jersey City University. In addition to following the district curriculum, there will be a focus on S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, the arts and math), Iannucci said."
  3. ^ About Us, Innovation High School. Accessed April 6, 2022.

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