West Side High School (New Jersey)
Encyclopedia
West Side High School is a four-year public high school in Newark
, in Essex County
, New Jersey
, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Newark Public Schools
.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,487 students and 75.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 19.7.
The school was the 319th-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 313th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 313th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
.
The football team won the 2007 North II Group II state sectional championship with a 20-0 win against South Plainfield High School
in a game played at Giants Stadium
. The win was the team's first ever sectional title. Their football team plays their home games at Untermann Field, which is shared with every other public school in Newark as of 2009 with the closure and demolition of Newark Schools Stadium.
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
, in Essex County
Essex County, New Jersey
Essex County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the United States 2010 Census, the population was 783,969, ranking it third in the state after Bergen County and Middlesex County; Essex County's population has declined from 786,147 as of the bureau's...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Newark Public Schools
Newark Public Schools
Newark Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves the entire city of Newark, New Jersey. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide....
.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,487 students and 75.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 19.7.
The school was the 319th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of possible interest to residents of the United States state of New Jersey...
magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 313th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 313th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
History
West Side High School opened on September 14, 1925 in a building designed to provide students with classrooms, an auditorium, gyms, and other facilities, serving 520 boys and 809 girls.Athletics
The West Side High School Roughriders compete in the Northern Hills ConferenceNorthern Hills Conference
The Northern Hills Conference, was an athletic conference of nineteen private and public high schools located in Essex, Morris and Passaic County Counties in Northern New Jersey....
.
The football team won the 2007 North II Group II state sectional championship with a 20-0 win against South Plainfield High School
South Plainfield High School
South Plainfield High School is a four-year, co-ed public high school located in South Plainfield, New Jersey, United States. It is the sole high school in the South Plainfield Public Schools...
in a game played at Giants Stadium
Giants Stadium
Giants Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Maximum seating capacity was 80,242. The building itself was 230.5 m long, 180.5 m wide and 44 m high from service level to the top of the seating bowl and 54 m high to...
. The win was the team's first ever sectional title. Their football team plays their home games at Untermann Field, which is shared with every other public school in Newark as of 2009 with the closure and demolition of Newark Schools Stadium.
External links
- West Side High School
- Newark Public Schools
- Data for the Newark Public Schools, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...