Kenmare High School is an all-female,

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in Jersey City, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1992.Kenmare High School
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed September 29, 2020. As of the 2015–16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 121 students and 10.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1. The school's student body was 49.6% Black, 14.1% Hispanic, 1.7% White, 0.8% Asian and 33.9% two or more races.School data for Kenmare High School
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 20, 2017. Kenmare is an

alternative high school Alternative High School (AHS) is a public senior high (secondary) school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; which teaches grades 10 through 12. AHS is currently located at the Clinton Ford Centre, which was home to the former Clinton Ford Elementary Sc ...

for young women (ages 17+) who have dropped out of other high schools. The school is operated through the York Street Project as part of an effort to reduce rates of poverty in households headed by women, through a program that offers small

class size Class size refers to the number of students a teacher faces during a given period of instruction. Measurements and definitions Some researchers and policymakers have studied the effects of class size by using student-teacher ratio (or its ...

s, individualized learning and development of life skills.Kenmare High School
The York Street Project. Accessed December 8, 2017.

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