Liberty High School is a four-year

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located in Jersey City, in

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, United States, serving students in ninth through

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s as part of the

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. The school was established in September 1999 as a partnership between the Jersey City Board of Education and

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. The school is intended to offer a very small learning community, in contrast to the large comprehensive high schools in the district, offering a family-like atmosphere where students feel involved, supported and challenged. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 210 students and 23.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.1:1. There were 120 students (57.1% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 12 (5.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Liberty High School
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.

History

The school was created in 1999 with the cooperation of the Jersey City school district and

as a "middle college" program that would give students the skills they need to succeed in college, while allowing students to earn 24 college credits during their time in high school. The school accepted an initial ninth-grade class of 50 students, who were accepted randomly from a group of 250 applicants who met the admission criteria, with plans to accept 50 incoming students each year and a student body of 200 in grades 9-12.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 268th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in '' New Jersey Monthly'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 186th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 163rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 245th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 249th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 273rd out of 367 public high schools statewide in its 2009-10 rankings which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).

School uniforms

The school requires students to wear school uniforms consisting of white/black polo shirts with the school logo on it and khaki pants.Liberty High School Uniform Policy
,

. Accessed March 9, 2009.

Mascot

The school symbol is an eagle.

References

External links

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School Data for the Jersey City Public Schools
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