Irvington High School (New Jersey)
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| 1253 Clinton Avenue Irvington, NJ 07111 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1875 |
| School district | Irvington Public Schools |
| Principal | Burnett Davis III |
| Asst. Principal | Alice Richards (9th) Joseph Isaacson (10th) Latee Moya-McCleod (11th) Oge Denis(12th) |
| Faculty | 130.0 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,521 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.7[1] |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Athletics conference | Super Essex Conference |
| Nickname | Knights |
| Website | School website |
Irvington High School: Frank H. Morrell Campus is a four-year public high school in Irvington, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, that serves students in grades 9 to 12, as part of the Irvington Public Schools. Irvington High School is the only high school in Irvington. The IHS interior has three main floors and a basement. Each floor aligns up to 23 classrooms each. A west wing of the building was erected in the 1980s, providing an extra ground of education for the growing crowd of over 2,000 enrolled students and faculty in hallway traffic.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,521 students and 130.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7.[1]
The school was the 287th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 307th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[2] The school was bottom-ranked, 316th, in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[3]
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[edit] Administration
Irvington High School's administrative staff consists of:[4]
- Mr. Burnette Davis III, Principal
- Alice Richards, Assistant Principal Grade 9
- Joseph Isaacson, Assistant Principal Grade 10
- Latee Moya-McCleod, Assistant Principal Grade 11
- Oge Denis, Assistant Principal Grade 12
[edit] Notable alumni
- Queen Latifah (born 1970), singer and actress.[5]
- Jerry Lewis (born 1926), actor and comedian.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Irvington High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 10, 2012.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 2, 2011.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
- ^ Home page, Irvington High School. Accessed August 26, 2008.
- ^ Staff. Queen Latifah, Gale (publisher). Accessed February 2, 2011. "She added popular music, especially rap, to her repertoire around the time she entered Irvington High School, where she also played power forward on her school's championship basketball team."
- ^ Staff. "Jerry Lewis' Olt-Time 'Thing' Now Setting Pace In Movies", The Calgary Herald, June 26, 1970. Accessed February 2, 2011. "In today's vernacular, he has been 'letting it all hang out' ever since he was a cheerleader at Irvington (New Jersey) High School."
[edit] External links
- Irvington High School
- Irvington Public Schools
- Irvington Public Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Irvington Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°43′44″N 74°14′02″W / 40.728822°N 74.233985°W
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