William L Dickinson High School - Jersey City, New Jersey/NJ

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William L Dickinson High School

2 Palisade Ave, Jersey City, NJ, 07306-1202 -

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Definition of Terms

William L Dickinson High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Hudson County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2991 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

197 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 926 students

Grade 10 - 702 students

Grade 11 - 555 students

Grade 12 - 568 students

Grade Not Listed - 240 students

This School

( NJ ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:15

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( NJ ) School Average

% American Indian	2%	n/a
% Asian	23%	7%
% Hispanic	48%	19%
% Black	16%	18%
% White	11%	55%

Additional Student Information

This School

( NJ ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

45%

24%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

( NJ ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Jersey City School District

This School's Agency

( NJ ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	41	2
Number of Students Managed	29,238 students	1,024 students
District Total Revenue	$708,965,000	$17,415,000
District Expenditure	$694,402,000	$17,790,000
District Revenue / Student	$24,248	$12,814
District Expenditure / Student	$23,750	$11,430
District Graduation Rates	69%	95%

William L. Dickinson High School is a four-year public high school located in Jersey City, New Jersey, in the United States. Dickinson is part of the Jersey City Public Schools.
Dickinson occupies a prominent location on a hilltop overlooking lower Jersey City and the New York Harbor. The largest school in Hudson County.
Originally named Jersey City High School, the property was purchased in 1904 and the new building opened on September 6, 1906, in an attempt to relieve overcrowding in the city's public schools. In 1913, the school was renamed William L. Dickinson High School for the superintendent who had advocated for creation of the school during his term from 1872 to 1883.
A testament to the school's age, the rear of the building is the site of a late 1800's-era cannon mount built to protect the Hudson River shoreline from early invaders. Given the location of the cannon and the associated technology of the time, its doubted that the cannon would ever have been effective as a defensive emplacement. While the cannon has since been removed, the original mounting remains and is now the site of a black-granite monument to the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Awards and recognition: In 2002–03, students Juliet R. Girard and Roshan D. Prabhu won the team competition of the Siemens Westinghouse Competition for "Identification and High Resolution Mapping of Flowering Time Genes in Rice." The duo shared a $100,000 scholarship with their victory.
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About This Zip Code (07306)

School Zip (07306)

(NJ) State Average

Population (Approximate)

54,912 people

8,203,495 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

32%

35%

Population Average Age

33 years old

36.7 years old

Average Household size

2.6 persons

2.6 persons

Median Household Income

$34,808

$55,551

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

3.8 rooms

5.6 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

64 years old

47 years old

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Zipcode (07306)

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% Owning / % Renting

22% / 78%

61% / 39%

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