Harrison High School (New Jersey)
Harrison High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Harrison, New Jersey, operating as part of the Harrison Public Schools. Students from East Newark attend Harrison High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the East Newark School District.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 624 students and 51.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.12:1. There were 348 students (55.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 137 (22.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
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