International High School

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International High School is a four-year public high school in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades operating as part of the Paterson Public Schools. The school is intended to create an educational environment that "respects diversity and celebrates the multicultural atmosphere of Paterson". It offers a curriculum of international and global studies that also address government, business, legal, and law enforcement subjects. It stresses key organizational skills, such as oral speaking and presentations, research, and debate. Students are required to strive to be conversant in a language other than their native language.As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 550 students and 51.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1. There were 4 students (0.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.The school district hired a private investigator to look into the reasons behind the significant percentage of students in the district who opted out of mandated PARCC testing in the 2014-15 school year, including 30% at the co-located International High School and Garret Morgan Academy.