Community High School, located in
Teaneck
Teaneck () is a township in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a bedroom community in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the township's population was 39,776, reflecting an increase of 516 (+1.3%) fr ...
,
New Jersey
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, United States, is a private
high school
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designed for children aged 14–18. The school has been accredited by the
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
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Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 2006.
As of the 2017–18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 184 students and 42.3 classroom teachers (on an
FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio
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of 4.3:1. The school's student body was 56.0% (103) White, 20.7% (38) Hispanic, 16.8% (31) Black, 5.4% (10) Asian and 1.1% (2) two or more races.
[School data for Community High School]
National Center for Education Statistics
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. Accessed September 1, 2020.
The school is a member of the
New Jersey Association of Independent Schools The New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS) serves independent elementary and secondary schools throughout the state of New Jersey. The Association consists of 70 member schools with a total enrollment of approximately 26,000 students ...
.
History
Community High School was founded in 1968 in
Demarest, New Jersey
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.
Westwood campus and fire
In 1990, the school relocated to
Westwood, New Jersey
Westwood (known as "The Hub of the Pascack Valley") is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 10,908,[parochial school
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building that was affiliated with St. Andrew's Roman Catholic church that sat next door. Most students attended on tuition paid by the state, and the school bused in students from
Northern New Jersey
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and
New York City
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.
Shortly before 8:30 AM on March 13, 1998, a 17-year-old student from
Manhattan
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set a fire in a second floor bathroom, which quickly spread through the building's open attic of the building, fanned by strong winds that day. The school was not required by law to have a sprinkler system as it was less than 70 feet. All students, teachers and administrators were safely evacuated and no one was harmed, but the school's 67-year-old main building burnt to the ground and supplies and equipment inside were destroyed, though books and materials in an adjoining wing that had been added on to the original structure survived the fire. The school moved to its current location in Teaneck following the fire.
Athletics
As of the 2007 school year the coach of Community High School's boys' basketball team, had worked to build a cohesive team from a group of teens who struggle with attention deficit disorder, dyslexia and social delays.
On the right track
''The Record
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'', January 4, 2007
See also
* Community School - Lower school for grades 1-8
References
External links
Community High School
Data for Community High School
National Center for Education Statistics
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