Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School

Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School (often dubbed Academic previous to its dedication, or as McNair) is a magnet public high school located at 123 Coles Street in Jersey City, in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school is named in memory of Dr. Ronald E. McNair, the astronaut and scientist who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. McNair is part of the Jersey City Public Schools district. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1979 and is under Probationary Accreditation status as of 2022.

Students seeking to attend the school or to transfer in must take the PSAT in order to be considered for attendance. as part of the district's Accelerated Enrichment Program, there is also a lengthy application process involved to attend. This includes a student's PSAT grade, middle school grades, teacher recommendations, attendance, as well as extracurriculars. in 2017, around the school received about 1000 applications from across Jersey City, and accepted about 240 of them. This resulted in an acceptance rate of about 24 percent.

As of the 2024–25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 716 students and 54.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1. There were 203 students (28.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 49 (6.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

The school offers a wide selection of Advanced Placement (AP) Courses, in addition to a standard curriculum that contains courses at the Honors level. In 2010, 21 AP courses were offered, with 897 students taking exams and 83.8% of those taking the exams scoring 3 or higher, more than quadruple the statewide average. Most electives are regular, unweighted classes. From 2008 to 2010, 100% of the class has graduated and in 2010, a full 100% of the student body indicated that they planned to attend a four-year college.