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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Innovation High School

The Innovation High School is a four-year comprehensive and college preparatory public high school in Jersey City in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operated as part of the Jersey City Public Schools. It is one of a number of high school programs serving students in ninth through twelfth grades offered by the school district.

As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 286 students. There were 154 students (53.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 8 (2.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

History

The school, focused on education in STEAM fields, opened with an enrollment of 100 ninth graders in September 2014 as a school-within-a-school at Henry Snyder High School, with the support of the Institute for Student Achievement and New Jersey City University.

Administration

The school's principal is Francis Dooley.

References

  1. ^ School data for Innovation High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  2. ^ McGovern, Patrick. "Jersey City's new Innovation High School opens doors today", The Jersey Journal, September 4, 2014, updated January 17, 2019. Accessed January 25, 2020. "The newly created Innovation High School, which is housed inside Snyder High School, welcomed its first class of 110 9th graders. The school was founded through a partnership with the Institute for Student Achievement and New Jersey City University. In addition to following the district curriculum, there will be a focus on S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, the arts and math), Iannucci said."
  3. ^ About Us, Innovation High School. Accessed April 6, 2022.