Kearny High School

Kearny High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Kearny in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and operating as the lone secondary school of the Kearny School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,742 students and 134.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1. There were 696 students (40.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 136 (7.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. History Kearny's first high school was established in 1894. Construction began on the present school facility began in 1921 and Kearny High School opened for the fall semester in September 1923. The school's stadium was completed in 1925. In 1940, an addition costing $400,000 was added. In 1974, another addition was added that cost $5 million, providing a new Music and Art Department, new gymnasium, locker rooms, classrooms and parking. The school is divided into two different buildings that are connected to each other. The Kearny Museum includes a full collection of Kearny High School yearbooks.