University High School (New Jersey)
University High School of Humanities (usually University High School) is a six-year public high school serving students in grades 7 to 12 in Newark, New Jersey, as part of the Newark Public Schools.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 479 students and 36.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.31:1. There were 330 students (68.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 60 (12.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
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