Weequahic High School

at 279 Chancellor Ave, Newark , 07112-1201 United States

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Weequahic High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. 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 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 493 students and 57.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.6:1. There were 392 students (79.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 26 (5.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.Awards, recognition and rankingsThe school was the 325th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 258th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 310th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 305th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 308th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 353rd out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (an increase of 6 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).

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Weequahic High School is Newark based place and this enity listed in High School category. Located at 279 Chancellor Ave NJ 07112-1201. Contact phone number of Weequahic High School: (973) 705-3923