Leonia High School
| Leonia High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
100 Christie Heights Street , , 07605 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°52′10″N 73°59′16″W / 40.869355°N 73.987778°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1912 |
| School district | Leonia Public Schools |
| NCES School ID | 340852000534 |
| Principal | Charles Kalender |
| Faculty | 70.6 FTEs |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 814 (as of 2023–24) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.5:1 |
| Color(s) | Maroon and gray |
| Athletics conference | North Jersey Interscholastic Conference |
| Team name | Lions |
| Newspaper | The Leonian |
| Yearbook | Lion's Pride |
| Alumni | LHS Alumni website |
| Website | lhs |
Leonia High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grade from the Borough of Leonia in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Leonia Public Schools. Students from Edgewater attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Edgewater Public Schools.
As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 814 students and 70.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1. There were 126 students (15.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 47 (5.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Leonia High School was begun in 1912, when the borough became one of relatively few municipalities in Bergen County to have a high school. During its early years, the school attracted students from seven other school districts in the area, who attended on a tuition basis. The original school building was opened in 1913; expansions to the physical plant were made in 1917, 1937, 1946, and 1963. The school was experiencing severe overcrowding by the 1970s, and after two boroughwide referendums to build a new school failed, a third was passed. The present Leonia High School building was opened in 1977, with the original building being repurposed as Leonia Middle School.