James J. Ferris High School

James J. Ferris High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Jersey City in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operated as part of the Jersey City Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1940 and is accredited until July 2025.

The school is named for James J. Ferris, a civil engineer and politician in Jersey City best known for supervising the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad Harsimus Stem Embankment and the concrete foundation of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse.

As of the 2024–25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,364 students and 99.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.7:1. There were 936 students (68.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 48 (3.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Ferris offers specialized learning centers focusing on Finance, Hospitality & Tourism, Management / Office Procedures, Marketing and International Studies. The magnet offers courses in Accounting, Economics, Banking, Financial Planning, Intro to Finance, Computers Business Applications 1&2. During their senior year, students have an opportunity to take a paid internship co-op program at Merrill Lynch, Hyatt, Pershing, Bank of Tokyo, or the Board of Education.

The school occupies a single building at 35 Colgate Street. The building next to it, former Junior Academy building—previously the Kennedy School annex—has been sold and is now no longer part of Ferris High School. Beginning with the 2025–26 school year, Infinity Institute relocated into that annex building next door, leaving its leased site at 193 Old Bergen Road and becoming a separate magnet school within the Ferris campus area. Ferris has a grass soccer field adjacent to the school that is used for physical activities and home soccer games.