Leonia High School

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Leonia High School

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, New Jersey, United States, 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.

There are approximately 600 students enrolled in grades 9-12 at Leonia High School. Students are offered a varied program of studies to meet individual needs and goals. The high school experience includes a demanding curriculum and the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of extra and co-curricular activities.

The Leonia High School Lions participate in the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) Olympic athletic conference.

The $6 million expansion of the high school is now complete. Students now have state-of-the-art science laboratories, a digital TV-Media Workshop, a spacious music room and new classrooms.

The Leonia High School Academy for Pharmacy, Medicine and Technology is in its third year. The academy prepares students for careers in the medical field. Leonia High School's graduation requirements are among the most rigorous in the state. The school has nine periods per day with no study halls.

1 Awards and recognition
2 Administration
3 Notable Alumni
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[edit] Awards and recognition

Leonia High School was the 67th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools^[1].