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Type
  
Public

Principal
  
Joan Rosenberg

Phone
  
+1 516-203-3610

Mascot
  
Jayhawks

Established
  
1959

Faculty
  
99.6 FTEs

Color
  
Blue

Motto
  
"Excellence in education begins here."

Asst. principals
  
Dagoberto Artiles and John Mankowich

Address
  
99 Cedar Swamp Rd, Jericho, NY 11753, USA

District
  
Jericho Union Free School District

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Jericho High School is an American high school in the hamlet of Jericho in Nassau County, New York. It is the only high school in the Jericho Union Free School District. It opened in 1959.

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As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,123 students and 99.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1. There were 25 students (2.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 3 (0.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

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Cost of education

For the 2012-2013 school year, Jericho Public School district spent a total of US$114,468,464 for a projected number of 3004 students, of which 1192 were students of Jericho High School. US$38,105 was spent per student, which is US$457,264 for a student studying for 12 years from grade 1 to 12, or US$914,528 for a household with two students.

In the 2011-2012 school year, Jericho Public School district spent a total of US$111,962,251 for 3026 students of K-12, of which 1202 were Jericho High School students. US$37,000 was spent per student, which is US$444,000 for a student studying for 12 years from grade 1 to 12, or US$888,000 for a household with two students.

Academics

In Newsweek magazine's 2015 list of the Top 500 American High Schools, Jericho High School was ranked 27th, and was ranked third in New York State.

The school offers many Advanced Placement classes and St. John's University college credit classes, has among the highest average SAT scores in the country, and spends more money on each student than nearly all other Long Island schools. Many Jericho graduates go on to the Ivy League institutions, NYU, SUNY, and many other first and second tier national institutions.

Extracurriculars

Jericho High School offers clubs and academic extracurricular activities, ranging from Engineering Club to chess. Jericho also has science and social science research programs, consistently producing Siemens and Intel semifinalists, as well as a few Intel finalists. Many students have won the Brain Bee held at LIU Post. The Debate Team has placed in the New York State Forensic League Championship Tournament in the Lincoln Douglas category. The Drama club does two shows per year, one drama and one musical, and is known as the Harlequin Players. Other clubs include Peer Tutoring Club, Blue Key Club, Sunrise Club, Kids Helping Pets Club, Model UN, Model Congress, Quizbowl, GSA, JerEcho, Girls in Engineering, and the Jericho Engineering Club.

Athletics

The sports teams are known as the Jayhawks. Jericho High School has long-standing rivalries with neighboring Great Neck South High School, Long Beach High School, Syosset High School and Roslyn High School. The 2011, 2012 and 2013 boys' varsity soccer teams won the New York State Championship.

Demographics

In the 2011-2012 school year, the number of students enrolled were:

  • 275 in grade 9
  • 321 in grade 10
  • 317 in grade 11
  • 289 in grade 12
  • 1200 total enrollment (grades 9 to 12)
  • 3026 total Jericho School District enrollment (K to 12)
  • The student body in the 2009–2010 school year consisted of:

  • 2 American Indian or Alaska Native students, or 0% of the student body
  • 26 Black or African American students, or 2% of the student body
  • 18 Hispanic or Latino students, or 1% of the student body
  • 386 Asian or Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander students, or 31% of the student body
  • 794 White students, or 65% of the student body
  • 17 multiracial students, or 1% of the student body
  • Notable alumni

  • Madison Beer (born 1999), singer; signed a contract with Justin Bieber
  • Jon Carin (born 1964), musician, Pink Floyd
  • Adrienne Shelly (1966–2006), producer, actress, filmmaker
  • Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born 1981), actress; played Meadow Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos
  • Eric Shaw (born 1973), Emmy Award-winning writer
  • References

    Jericho High School Wikipedia