| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Bergen County, NJ |
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| Total Students |
1854 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
52% /
48% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
141 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 447 students | | Grade 10 - 497 students | | Grade 11 - 497 students | | Grade 12 - 413 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:13 |
1:13 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
5% |
7% |
| % Hispanic |
38% |
15% |
| % Black |
30% |
17% |
| % White |
26% |
61% |
| % Unknown |
1 % |
2% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
24% |
16% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
10% |
4% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Hackensack City School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
7 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
5,060 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$79,903,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$77,307,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$15,791 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$15,278 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
84% |
81% |
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- Hackensack High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Hackensack, New Jersey, in the United States as part of the Hackensack Public Schools. Hackensack High School serves students from the Bergen County, New Jersey communities of Hackensack, South Hackensack, Maywood, and Rochelle Park. Students from Teterboro, New Jersey may choose to attend either Hackensack High School or Hasbrouck Heights High School in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey as part of sending/receiving relationship with the respective districts.
- As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,854 students and 141.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.2.
- The school was the 184th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 203rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
- History
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Hackensack High School was founded in 1894 and graduated its first class on February 1, 1898. The cornerstone for its present location at First and Beech Streets in Hackensack was laid on December 2, 1916. The building was dedicated in 1918. By 1920, twenty-two Bergen County towns sent their students to Hackensack High School. New wings were built in the 40's and 50's. The 1965 expansion of Hackensack High School encompassed neighboring Beech Street School and extended a two-story bridge over First Street and in 1967 the Beech Street elementary school became the "east wing" of the high school as it stands today.
- Sports
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Hackensack is a founding member of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League. Hackensack High and Ridgewood High School are the only founding members of the NNJIL to remain in the league. Since the 1912 visit of Halley's Comet, Hackensack's athletic teams have been known as the Comets ("Colts" before 1912). During the 1924-25 season, the Hackensack Comets Boys Basketball team beat Passaic High School which had won an amazing 159 consecutive games. The ball commemorating this feat still remains in the trophy case in the gym named for that team's captain, Howard Bollerman, Sr. (later principal of Hackensack High School).
- The HHS homecoming football game has been held annually on Thanksgiving Day against rival Teaneck High School since 1931, alternating each year with each school as host.
- Vince Lombardi was hired to coach football at Hackensack High School, but couldn't get out of his contract with neighboring St. Cecilia's in Englewood, New Jersey. Hackensack turned to Tom DellaTorre to coach the football team, he responded by winning 13 championships and having the football field renamed "Tom DellaTorre Athletic Field"
- School Song
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The alma mater of Hackensack High School was written by W. Demarest and B. Pratt of the Class of 1918. It is to the tune of the alma mater of New York University, "Palisades" (used by permission).
- "OLD HACKENSACK"
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Oh Hackensack, dear Alma Mater,
For thee we raise the gold and blue,
And strive to lift thy banner higher
In each and everything we do.
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And when we bring up to thy altar
Trophies from football, field, and track,
We'll mingle many hearts and voices
in praise of Hackensack.
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But high school friendships all must sever
And fade as does the dying day,
And comrades all must come to parting
As out in life we wend our way.
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Whatever fate may hold in secret
May we turn our memories back,
Renew once more our old devotion
For thee, dear Hackensack.
- Notable alumni
- Chet Forte (1935-1996, Class of 1953), television sports pioneer.
- Mike Fratello (b. 1947, Class of 1965), former NBA coach who starred at Hackensack High School as a student and who returned for his first job as an assistant coach after graduating from college.
- Alex Vincent LoScialpo (actor) Alex Vincent (b. 1981, Class of 1999), played Andy Barclay in the film Child's Play and its sequel Child's Play 2.
- Gene Saks (b. 1921, Class of 1939) Broadway/Hollywood Director
- Matt Golombek (b. 1954, Class of 1972) Principal Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Pasadena, CA. Mars Exploration.
- Hector Luis Bustamante (b. 1972, Class of 1990) Award Winning Hollywood Actor
- Chet Hanulak (b. 1933, Class of 1950), former Cleveland Browns running back.
- Jimmy Howes (Class of 1979) Radio Morning Show Host, comedian, Marconi Award winning program Director.
- Theodore Trautwein (1920-2000), judge who sentenced a reporter from The New York Times to 40 days in jail in the "Dr. X" trial of Mario Jascalevich.
- External links
- Hackensack High School website
- Hackensack Public Schools
- Hackensack Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (07601) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
42,677 people |
8,215,963 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
34% |
35% |
| Population Average Age |
36 years old
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36 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.3 persons
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2.6 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$49,316
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$55,509 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
3.6 rooms |
5.6 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
46 years old |
47 years old |
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32% / 68% |
62% / 38% |
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