Hackensack High School
First And Beech Streets
Hackensack NJ, 07601, Bergen County
Phone: 201-646-7900
Ranking: 
(254 out of 346, bottom 27%)*
(254 out of 346, bottom 27%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Hackensack City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 136 | 136 | 121 | 108 | 122 | 117 | 84 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,771 | 1,818 | 1,740 | 1,773 | 1,711 | 1,716 | 1,752 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 473 | 26.7% | 522 | 28.7% | 520 | 29.9% | 544 | 30.7% | 552 | 32.3% | 554 | 32.3% | 571 | 32.6% |
| Grade 10: | 476 | 26.9% | 465 | 25.6% | 434 | 24.9% | 439 | 24.8% | 384 | 22.4% | 421 | 24.5% | 404 | 23.1% |
| Grade 11: | 388 | 21.9% | 369 | 20.3% | 380 | 21.8% | 349 | 19.7% | 375 | 21.9% | 343 | 20.0% | 346 | 19.7% |
| Grade 12: | 419 | 23.7% | 449 | 24.7% | 393 | 22.6% | 425 | 24.0% | 397 | 23.2% | 397 | 23.1% | 431 | 24.6% |
| Ungraded: | 15 | 0.8% | 13 | 0.7% | 13 | 0.7% | 16 | 0.9% | 3 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 894 | 50.5% | 936 | 51.5% | 890 | 51.1% | 931 | 52.5% | 871 | 50.9% | 882 | 51.4% | 906 | 51.7% |
| Female: | 877 | 49.5% | 882 | 48.5% | 850 | 48.9% | 842 | 47.5% | 840 | 49.1% | 834 | 48.6% | 842 | 48.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 104 | 5.9% | 98 | 5.4% | 82 | 4.7% | 80 | 4.5% | 78 | 4.6% | 94 | 5.5% | 100 | 5.7% |
| Hispanic: | 800 | 45.2% | 794 | 43.7% | 758 | 43.6% | 760 | 42.9% | 737 | 43.1% | 752 | 43.8% | 733 | 41.8% |
| Black: | 463 | 26.1% | 508 | 27.9% | 498 | 28.6% | 516 | 29.1% | 514 | 30.0% | 494 | 28.8% | 502 | 28.7% |
| White: | 398 | 22.5% | 411 | 22.6% | 399 | 22.9% | 413 | 23.3% | 379 | 22.2% | 371 | 21.6% | 415 | 23.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 710 | 40.1% | 602 | 33.1% | 608 | 34.9% | 594 | 33.5% | 538 | 31.4% | 539 | 31.4% | 447 | 25.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 165 | 9.3% | 132 | 7.3% | 127 | 7.3% | 140 | 7.9% | 139 | 8.1% | 135 | 7.9% | 125 | 7.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.02 | 13.37 | 14.34 | 16.42 | 14.02 | 12.00 | 20.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| HSPA | ||||||
| 2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 69.2% | 69.2% | 80.1% |
| 2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 73.0% | 73.0% | 82.2% |
| 2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 73.5% | 73.5% | 83.2% |
| 2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 72.4% | 72.4% | 83.5% |
| 2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 79.2% | 79.2% | 85.4% |
| 2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 77.7% | 77.7% | 83.4% |
| 2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 79.4% | 79.4% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 82.2% | 82.2% | 88.0% |
| 2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 87.5% | 87.5% | 89.6% |
| 2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 84.0% | 84.0% | 91.5% |
| 2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 87.5% | 87.5% | 91.6% |
| 2003 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 55.3% | 55.3% | 65.9% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 64.4% | 64.4% | 70.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 72.1% | 72.1% | 75.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 69.0% | 69.0% | 75.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 68.6% | 68.6% | 73.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 73.2% | 73.2% | 75.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 72.4% | 72.4% | 73.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 74.1% | 74.1% | 75.0% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 69.5% | 69.5% | 75.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 78.1% | 78.1% | 79.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 76.7% | 76.7% | 79.7% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % proficient | 62.2% | 62.2% | 72.7% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Hackensack High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.