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.
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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 123,500 feet (37,600 m) 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