Linden High School (New Jersey)
Linden High School is a comprehensive community public high school located in Linden in Union County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part 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 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,798 students and 113.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.79:1. There were 642 students (35.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 181 (10.1% 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.
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