Weequahic High School is a four-year public high school in Newark in Essex County, New Jersey. The school is operated by the Newark Public Schools and is located at 279 Chancellor Avenue. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1935.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 654 students and 56.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.68:1. There were 504 students (77.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 49 (7.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
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