Henry Snyder High School

Infobox_School
name = Henry Snyder High School


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grades = 9 - 12
district = Jersey City Public Schools
type = Public high school
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enrollment = 1,067 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 82.0 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 13.0
teamname = Tigers
conference = Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association
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location = 239 Bergen Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07305
information = 201-915-6600
website = [http://www.jcboe.org/shs/ School website]

Henry Snyder High School is a four-year public high school located in the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey, in the United States. Dickinson is part of the Jersey City Public Schools.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,067 students and 82.0 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 13.0. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&State=34&County=Hudson&SchoolType=1&SchoolType=2&SchoolType=3&SchoolType=4&SpecificSchlTypes=all&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&SchoolPageNum=3&ID=340783002772 Henry Snyder High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2007.]

The school was the 304th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in "New Jersey Monthly" magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools". The school was ranked 298th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. [ [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"] , "New Jersey Monthly", September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.]

Athletics

Henry Snyder High School competes in the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association (HCIAA), which includes private and parochial high schools in Hudson County. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). [ [http://www.hciaa.com/home.html Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association] . Accessed July 15, 2007.]

Notable alumni

*Gerald Govan (born 1942) retired basketball player who played in all nine seasons of the original American Basketball Association. [ [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/govange01.html Gerald Govan] , Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed December 13, 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://www.jcboe.org/shs/ Henry Snyder High School]
* [http://www.jcboe.org/ Jersey City Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|17|2390|0|Jersey City Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407830 Data for the Jersey City Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_I_Middle_School]