Elizabeth High School (New Jersey)
Elizabeth High School is a four-year public high school located in Elizabeth, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Elizabeth Public Schools from 1979 to 2009. After that year the school and its more than 5,000 students was split into separate houses, each operating as an independent school with its own principal and subject of focus, including one which has retained the Elizabeth High School name. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1978.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 687 students and 60.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.45:1. There were 449 students (65.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 117 (17.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
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