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Hoboken High School (HHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in Hoboken, in Hudson County, in the U.S. state…
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Hoboken High School (HHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in Hoboken, in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Hoboken Public Schools.
Hoboken High School (HHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in Hoboken, in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Hoboken Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1928.
Starting in the 2013–14 school year, the school had operated as a combined junior-senior high school. In 2016–17, the middle school was split off to serve grades seven and eight, with plans to move the middle school to the A.J. Demarest building.
As of the 2024–25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 652 students and 46.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1. There were 340 students (52.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The current Hoboken High School was constructed with a capacity of 1,500 students and opened in September 1962 for grades 10-12. Prior to that time, A. J. Demarest High School, dedicated in the autumn of 1911, served as the city's high school. When the current high school was built, Demarest became a junior high school serving grades 7-9, and it is currently the site of the city's pre-K 3 and pre-K 4 program. Hoboken High School serves grades 9 - 12.
The school was the 274th-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. The school had been ranked 298th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 187th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 139th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 260th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. The September 2008 issue of New Jersey Monthly magazine noted Hoboken High School as the second most improved high school in the state, having jumped from 260 in 2006 to 139 in 2008. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 327th out of 367 public high schools statewide in its 2009-10 rankings which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
Rachel Grygiel, a Social Studies teacher at HHS, was honored by Princeton University in 2011 as an "exceptional" secondary school teacher, as one of three other teachers honored throughout the entire state.
As for the 2012–13 school year, the student body of the school was 63.7% Hispanic, 20.4% Black, 14% White and 1.9% Asian.
As of the 2011–12 school year, the school began a transition from the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program to a program based on Advanced Placement courses.
Students are also able to select from a variety of classes that would not otherwise be available or to complete advanced coursework beyond what is offered at the high school through the Virtual High School Collaborative.
The Hoboken High School Redwings compete in the Hudson County Interscholastic League, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Hudson County, operating under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 328 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the National Red division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II North for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 484 to 683 students.
The school participates as the host school / lead agency in a joint girls lacrosse team with Weehawken High School. In turn, Weehawken is the host school for a joint boys lacrosse team. These co-op programs operate under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.
Hoboken High School offers over 24 athletic programs with over 30% student participation. Interscholastic sports offered at the school include:
Fall:
Football: Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshman
Boys' Soccer: Varsity, Junior Varsity
Girls' Soccer: Varsity, Junior Varsity
Girls' Tennis: Varsity, Junior Varsity
Girls' Volleyball: Varsity, Junior Varsity
Boys' and Girls' Cross Country Track: Varsity
Cheerleading: Varsity
Strutters: Varsity
Winter:
Boys' Basketball: Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshman
Girls' Basketball: Varsity
Boys' and Girls' Swimming: Varsity
Boys' and Girls' Bowling: Varsity
Boys' and Girls' Indoor Track: Varsity
Cheerleading: Varsity
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Spring:
Baseball: Varsity, Junior Varsity
Softball: Varsity, Junior Varsity
Boys' Tennis: Varsity, Junior Varsity
Boys' Outdoor Track: Varsity
Girls' Outdoor Track: Varsity
In 1924, the boys' basketball team won the Group IV (then known as Class A) state championship, defeating Trenton Central High School by a score of 24–14 in the tournament final in front of 3,000 fans at the Jersey City Armory.
The football team won the NJSIAA state sectional championships in North I Group III in 1980, 1994–1996, 1998 and 1999, and won the sectional title in North II Group I in 2005, 2012 and 2013. The team won the program's first state title in 1980 with a 10–0 win in the North I Group III championship game played at Giants Stadium against Ramsey High School. In 1994, the team used a strong running game to win the North I Group III title with a 21–0 win against Ramsey in the sectional final. The 1995 team finished the season 11-0 after winning the North I Group III state sectional title by defeating Sparta High School by a sco
