Union City High School
in Union City, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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Union City High School is a three-year comprehensive public high school serving students in tenth through twelfth grades from Union City, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Union City Board of Education. The four-story school is located between Kennedy Boulevard and Summit Avenue, from 24th to 26th Street, with additional facilities a block south on Kerrigan Avenue. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,723 students and 178.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.3:1. There were 2,042 students (75.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 240 (8.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school opened in September 2009, merging the student bodies of the city's prior two high schools, Union Hill High School and Emerson High School, and marking the first high school opened in the city in 90 years. The school, which was built on the site of the former Roosevelt Stadium, cost $180 million, covers 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) and includes a rooftop football field. The school's colors are navy blue and silver.
