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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.

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.^[1]

Cost of education

For the 2012-2013 school year, Jericho Public School District spent a total of $4 million for a projected number of 3004 students, of which 1192 were students of Jericho High School.$21,700 was spent per student, which is US $120,000 for a student studying for 12 years from grade 1 to 12, or US$0.24 for a household with two students.^[2]^[3]

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. {{Citation needed|date=September 2015}} US$37,000 was spent per student, which is US$444,000 for a student studying for 12 years from grade 1 to 12.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}}

Academics

In Newsweek magazine's 2015 list of the Top 500 American High Schools, Jericho High School was ranked 27th in the U.S., and was ranked third in New York State.^[4]

Jericho High School is also consistently ranked in the top 100 high schools in the nation by U.S. News and World Report's Best High Schools ranking^[5], as well as in the top 50 of Niche's Best Public High Schools Ranking.^[6]

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,{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}} and spends more money on each student than nearly all other Long Island schools.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}} Many Jericho graduates go on to the Ivy League institutions, NYU, SUNY, and many other first and second tier national institutions.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}}

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.^[9] Many students have won the Brain Bee held at LIU Post.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}} The Debate Team has placed in the New York State Forensic League Championship Tournament in the Lincoln Douglas category.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}} The Drama club does two shows per year, one drama and one musical, and is known as the Harlequin Players.^[10] 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, SuperHeroes, 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^[11] and Roslyn High School. The 2011, 2012 and 2013 boys' varsity soccer teams won the New York State Championship.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}}

Demographics

Notable alumni

References

1. ^¹²³School data for Jericho Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
2. ^http://www.jerichoschools.org/finance/Budget1213/Summary_2012-13.pdf
3. ^¹http://www.jerichoschools.org/finance/Budget1213/Workshop_3_Final_Presentation.pdf
4. ^http://www.newsweek.com/high-schools/americas-top-high-schools-2015
5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/national-rankings|title=Best U.S. High Schools|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-public-high-schools/|title=2018 Best Public High Schools in America|website=Niche|language=en|access-date=2018-07-09}}
7. ^http://hs.jerichoschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_5888181/Image/About%20Us/2014%20HS%20profile.pdf
8. ^http://www.jerichoschools.org/Calendars/10-11/photos.pdf
9. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/regeneron-science-talent-search-1.16029333|title=46 LI students named Regeneron Scholars|work=Newsday|access-date=2018-11-28|language=en}}
10. ^http://web.jerichoschools.org/hs/drama/index.html
11. ^http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/55626
12. ^[https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb-rc/2010/6d/AOR-2010-280515030005.pdf School Comprehensive Information Report (PDF)]; URL accessed June 1, 2011.
13. ^Marks, Mary. "Jericho High School Alumni Hall of Fame Hosts the Sixteenth Annual Induction Ceremony", Syosset-Jericho Tribune, April 28, 2006. Accessed March 3, 2008. "Jon Carin, a graduate of the class of 1982, was recognized for his accomplishments in the field of music. As a longtime member of the group Pink Floyd, Carin has mastered the art of producing and writing music, playing guitar, bass, keys, drums and vocals."
14. ^Fischler, Marcelle S. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E5DE1739F937A15752C1A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 "LONG ISLAND JOURNAL; Three Who Write the Island's Rhythms"], The New York Times, November 24, 2002. Accessed October 2, 2007. "Ms. Sigler, who grew up in Jericho and started acting and singing at age 7, is a soprano. She honed her skills at Jericho High School and the Cultural Arts Playhouse in Old Bethpage."