Linden High School (New Jersey)

Linden High School is a comprehensive community public high school located in Linden in Union County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Linden Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.[3]

Linden High School
Location
Linden High School
Linden High School
Linden High School
121 West St. George Avenue
Linden, NJ 07036

United States
Coordinates40.635999°N 74.26526°W / 40.635999; -74.26526
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtLinden Public Schools
NCES School ID3408610[1]
PrincipalYelena Horré
Faculty142.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,696 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.9:1[1]
Color(s)     Orange and
     black[2]
Athletics conferenceUnion County Interscholastic Athletic Conference
Team nameTigers[2]
WebsiteSchool website

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,696 students and 142.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1. There were 766 students (45.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 202 (11.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Linden High School has been an IB World School since July 2001, offering students the IB Diploma Programme.[4]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 253rd-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.[5] The school had been ranked 326th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 284th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[6] The magazine ranked the school 299th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[7] The school was ranked 293rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[8]

Athletics

The Linden High School Tigers[2] compete in the Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[9] With 1,316 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,114 to 4,800 students in that grade range.[10] Prior to the 2010 realignment, the school had participated in the Watchung Conference, a high school sports association made up of public high schools covering Essex County, Hudson County and Union County.[11]

The boys' baseball team won the Group IV state championship in 1979 (against Middletown High School South in the final game of the tournament), and won the Group III title in 1981 (vs. Moorestown High School) and 1982 (vs. Freehold Township High School).[12]

The football team won the North II Group III state sectional title in 1985 and the North II Group V title in 2014.[13] In 2014, the team defeated Elizabeth High School by a score of 27-20 in the tournament final to win the North II Group V championship.[14]

The boys' bowling team won the overall state championship in 1988.[15]

The boys' basketball team won the Group IV state championship in 2000 (defeating Bridgewater-Raritan High School in the tournament final), 2004 (vs. Atlantic City High School), 2007 (vs. South Brunswick High School) and 2014 (vs. Trenton Central High School); the girls' basketball team won the Group IV state title in 1991 (vs. Piscataway High School), 1993 (vs. East Brunswick High School) and 1994 (vs. Washington Township High School).[16] Coached by Phil Colicchio, the boys' basketball team won the 2006 North II, Group IV sectional championship with a 64-38 win over Plainfield High School.[17] In 2007 the team won the Group IV NJSIAA state championship, edging Passaic County Technical Institute 57-56 in the semifinals and defeating South Brunswick High School 63-54 for the title.[18]

Administration

The school's principal is Yelena Horré. Her administration team includes three assistant principals.[19]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

References
  1. School data for Linden High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Linden High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 29, 2016.
  3. Linden High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed July 23, 2011.
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  8. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  9. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2019-2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed April 29, 2020.
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  11. Home Page, Watchung Conference, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 7, 2011. Accessed December 16, 2014.
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  14. Kratch, James. "Juwan Dolbrice leads Linden to first title in 29 years with win over Elizabeth in North 2 Group 5 final", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 7, 2014. Accessed December 26, 2016. "Juwan Dolbrice returned a kickoff 75 yards for the game-winning touchdown when Linden defeated Elizabeth, 27-20, in the NJSIAA/SportsCare Institute North Jersey, Section 2, Group 5 final Saturday evening at MetLife Stadium.... The victory ends a 29-year championship drought for Linden, which was playing in its first sectional final since it won North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 in 1985 for the only sectional crown in school history prior to Saturday night."
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  20. Helfand, Candice Leigh. "Dancing queen", The Star-Ledger, November 2, 2007. Accessed November 21, 2007. "Yesterday, she came back to her alma mater to teach current Linden High School dance majors the same steps she performed with the other Miss New Jersey-USA contestants in the Oct. 21 pageant, and to discuss her experiences."
  21. Markus, Robert. "Charles Smiles Now in Glory of Rose Bowl", Chicago Tribune, December 28, 1966. Accessed September 11, 2012. "There may be some who have waited longer for Purdue to get to the Rose Bowl, but none could be happier to be here at last than John Charles.... 'I probably got my scholarship at Purdue as a player, because I was an All-State and All-America on offense at Linden High in New Jersey.'"
  22. Schneider, Jeremy. "The Votes Are In: Who made it to Linden's Mount Rushmore?", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 11, 2017, updated May 15, 2019. Accessed February 24, 2020.
  23. Staff. "Tamekca M. Dixon named governor to Union County College board", Courier News, December 23, 2016. Accessed September 4, 2019. "At the Dec. 6 meeting of the Union County College Board of Trustees and Governors, Tamecka M. Dixon, former WNBA All-Star, was sworn in to serve as a new governor.... She attended Linden High School, where she was named a High School All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association."
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  29. Nowlin, Bill. Eddie Kasko, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed September 4, 2019. "Eddie was born at a hospital in Elizabeth, New Jersey on June 27, 1931, but was raised from birth in Linden, New Jersey, and it was from Linden High School that he graduated in 1949."
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