St. Michael's High School (Union City, New Jersey)

St. Michael's High School was a Catholic high school in Union City, New Jersey, that operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.

The school closed at the end of the 1985-86 school year in the face of a drop in enrollment and rising debt.

Athletics
The boys track team won the outdoor non-public state championship in 1941, 1942, 1944 and 1945.

The boys basketball team came into the tournament with a record of 6-14 and went on to win the NJSIAA Non-Public B state championship in 1965, defeating St. Mary's High School by a score of 62-52 in the finals.

Notable alumni

 * Gordon Chiesa (born 1949/50), basketball coach at the collegiate and NBA level, who served as the assistant coach for the Utah Jazz for 16 seasons
 * Lou Cordileone (born 1937), former American football offensive lineman, who played six seasons in the National Football League
 * Tom Heinsohn (1934–2020), professional basketball player who was associated with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association for six decades as a player, coach and broadcaster
 * Robert C. Janiszewski (born 1945), politician who served as county executive of Hudson County
 * Nick Piantanida (1932–1966), amateur parachute jumper who reached 123500 ft with his Strato Jump II balloon on February 2, 1966
 * Robert Ranieri (born 1929), politician who represented the 33rd legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly.
 * Paul Tagliabue (born 1940), lawyer who was the commissioner of the National Football League from 1989 to 2006

Notable faculty

 * Rose Marie Battaglia (1929–2020), basketball coach at the high school and college levels, who was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame