HARP Academy

The HARP Academy of Health Science is a four-year public high school in Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, operated as part of the Paterson Public Schools. It is one of a number of academy programs serving students in ninth through twelfth grades offered by the school district.

HARP Academy
Location
HARP Academy
HARP Academy
HARP Academy
5 Colt Street
Paterson, NJ 07505

United States
Coordinates40.916706°N 74.171684°W / 40.916706; -74.171684
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtPaterson Public Schools
NCES School ID3412690[1]
PrincipalKelli A. White
Faculty30.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment267 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio8.9:1[1]
WebsiteSchool website

As of the 2017-18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 267 students and 30.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.9:1. There were 198 students (74.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 5 (1.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 219th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[2]

In February 2016, HARP Academy was named one of New Jersey's Rewards School for High Performance, the only school in the county to be recognized for the award. The school received a one time grant in the amount of $50,000 to be used to enhance the school's existing Title I program.[3]

Administration

The school's principal is Kelli A. White.[4]

References
  1. School data for School Of Health Science, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  2. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  3. Malinconico, Joe. "Paterson's HARP Academy gets state recognition as top-performing school", Paterson Press, February 11, 2016. Accessed December 24, 2016. "HARP was the only school from Passaic County on the list.Officials said the reward was for HARP's performance during the 2014-2015 academic year. The state's criteria for inclusion on the list of 'Reward Schools With High Student Performance' are that more than 95 percent of the students attain proficiency levels on standardized tests, that its scores rank in the top 10 percent among schools with similar demographic profiles and that its graduation rate be higher than 90 percent."
  4. Principal's Message, HARP Academy. Accessed January 25, 2020.
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