Union City High School (New Jersey)

Union City High School
Address
Map
2500 Kennedy Boulevard

Union City
,
Hudson County
,
New Jersey
07087

United States
Coordinates40°46′13″N 74°02′11″W / 40.7703°N 74.0363°W / 40.7703; -74.0363
Information
TypePublic high school
EstablishedSeptember 2008; 16 years ago (2008-09)[1]
School districtUnion City School District
NCES School ID341638003059[5]
PrincipalRyan Lewis[4]
Faculty179.0 FTEs[5]
Grades9-12[2][3]
Enrollment3,025 (as of 2022–23)[5]
Student to teacher ratio16.9:1[5]
Color(s)  Navy blue
  silver and
  white[6][7]
Athletics conferenceHudson County Interscholastic League (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team nameSoaring Eagles[6]
RivalNorth Bergen High School
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[8]
NewspaperThe Egalitarian[9]
Websiteuchs.ucboe.us

Union City High School is a four-year[2] comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Union City, in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Union City Board of Education. The four-story[10] school is located between Kennedy Boulevard and Summit Avenue, from 24th to 26th Street, with additional facilities a block south on Kerrigan Avenue.[2] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools through July 2023.[8]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 3,025 students and 179.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.9:1. There were 2,161 students (71.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 346 (11.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[5] Based on 2021-22 data from the New Jersey Department of Education, it was the second-largest high school in the state (behind Passaic County Technical Institute) and one of 29 schools with more than 2,000 students.[11]

The school administratively formed in 2008, with athletic teams combined, but for the first year the students were still at their former buildings. Its current building opened in September 2009, at that time merging the student bodies of the city's prior two high schools, Union Hill High School and Emerson High School, and marking the first high school opened in the city in 90 years.[12] The school, which was built on the site of the former Roosevelt Stadium, cost $180 million, covers 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) and includes a rooftop football field.[13] The school's colors are navy blue and silver.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hackdelayed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c Thorbourne, Ken. "Eagles ready to soar at new Union City High School", Archived January 13, 2023, at the Wayback Machine The Jersey Journal, August 30, 2009. Accessed February 9, 2017. "When Union City students enter the big first floor atrium with the huge Soaring Eagles logo on the floor Thursday Sept. 3, they better have a map or a hand-held GPS device to help find their way through the new, nearly $200 million high school. Tenth through 12th grade students will attend Union City High School on Kennedy Boulevard, from 24th to 28th streets."
  3. ^ Schwartz, Art. "Back to school in Union City; Kids, teachers gear up this week", The Hudson Reporter, September 1, 2013. Accessed February 9, 2017. "Union City High School (Grades 10 – 12)"
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Administration was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b c d e School data for Union City High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b Hu, Winnie. "A Fine New Field Lifts Spirits", The New York Times, September 11, 2009. Accessed June 3, 2016. "Both end zones display 'Union City' in the school colors, navy and silver."
  8. ^ a b Union City High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 31, 2022.
  9. ^ The Egalitarian, Union City High School. Accessed March 9, 2022.
  10. ^ "HOK Partners with RSC Architects on Union City, N.J. School", Contract magazine, November 18, 2009. (subscription required)
  11. ^ Kausch, Katie. "N.J.’s biggest high school has 3,350 students. See how your school compares.", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 31, 2023. Accessed August 31, 2023. "Another 28 New Jersey schools have at least 2,000 students, according to 2021-2022 enrollment data released by the state Department of Education.... 2. Union City High School Number of students: 2,980"
  12. ^ Pizarro, Max. "Stack honors McGreevey at new high school opening", New York Observer, October 3, 2009. Accessed February 9, 2017. "'No one was a bigger advocate for Union City than Governor McGreevey and we should never forget that,' Stack told the massive crowd, mobilized for a Stack-led walk-through of the massive $200 million facility on John F. Kennedy Boulevard, the first high school built in Union City in 90 years."
  13. ^ Hu, Winnie. "After 88 Years of Rivalry, the Last as Us and Them", The New York Times, November 22, 2007. Accessed August 28, 2017. "But today's so-called Turkey Game signals the end of the tradition. Next fall, the two schools will merge in a new $176 million building.... The new Union City High School takes up four-and-a-half acres in the center of the city, squeezed between row houses and commercial strips. It will have a football field and bleachers built on the roof so that players will no longer have to share the facilities at José Martí Middle School."