Harrison High School (New Jersey)

Harrison High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in Harrison, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Harrison Public Schools. Students from East Newark attend Harrison High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the East Newark School District, though the East Newark district has sought to switch to sending students to Kearny High School, citing potential cost savings.As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 698 students and 53.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1. There were 485 students (69.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 115 (16.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.Awards, recognition and rankingsIn September 2013, Harrison High School was recognized by the United States Department of Education as an Exemplary Improving School, as part of the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program.