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University High School of Humanities (usually University High School) is a six-year public high school serving students in seventh through twelfth grades in Newark, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Newark Public Schools. Originally created as a program called "School Within a School" at South Side High School, University High School became a standalone school in 1977.〔(History of UHS ), University High School. Accessed September 11, 2014.〕 As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 572 students and 49.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.67:1. There were 407 students (71.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 71 (12.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for University High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 30, 2015.〕 ==Awards, recognition and rankings== The school was the 237th-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.〔Staff. ("Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.〕 The school had been ranked 171st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 131st in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.〔Staff. ("The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2012. Accessed September 20, 2012.〕 The magazine ranked the school 66th in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed March 30, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 146th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.〔("Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.〕 Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 55th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 27 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (91.6%) and language arts literacy (97.2%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).〔(New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011 ), Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 27, 2012.〕 In 2011 University High School seniors won the 2011 National Urban Debate Championship, a three-day tournament with over 7,000 students from 38 schools in 19 cities.〔Giambusso, David. ("No debating this: Newark students win national debate championship" ), ''The Star-Ledger'', May 20, 2011. Accessed September 11, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University High School (New Jersey)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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