Kearny High School (New Jersey)
Kearny High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Kearny, New Jersey, and operating as part of the Kearny School District.
Construction began on the present school facility began in 1921. Kearny High School opened for the fall semester in September 1923. The school's stadium was completed in 1925. In 1940, an addition costing $400,000 was added. In 1974, another addition was added that cost $5 million dollars, providing a new Music and Art Department, new gymnasium, locker rooms, classrooms and parking. The school is divided into two different buildings that are connected to each other.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,692 students and 139.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.10:1. There were 341 students (20.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 135 (8.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The Kearny Museum includes a full collection of Kearny High School yearbooks.
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