Union County Vocational-Technical High School

The Union County Vocational-Technical High School (UC Tech) is a full-time vocational public high school, located in Scotch Plains in Union county, New Jersey, United States. This school serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from across Union county as a career academy on the Union County Vocational Technical Schools Campus, which also includes the Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences, Academy for Information Technology, Union County Magnet High School and the Academy for Performing Arts. The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools.[2]

Union County Vocational-Technical High School
Location
Union County Vocational-Technical High School
Union County Vocational-Technical High School
Union County Vocational-Technical High School
1776 Raritan Road
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076

United States
Coordinates40.618735°N 74.358361°W / 40.618735; -74.358361
Information
Typepublic high school
Established2002
School districtUnion County Vocational Technical Schools
PrincipalJeffrey Lerner
Faculty55.7 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment377 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Student to teacher ratio6.8:1[1]
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[2]
WebsiteSchool website

As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 377 students and 55.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.8:1. There were 25 students (6.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 9 (2.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

In its listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", the school was ranked 189th out of 500 best high schools in the country; it was ranked 29th among all high schools in New Jersey.[3]

Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 18th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 6 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (98.3%) and language arts literacy (100.0%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[4]

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References
  1. School data for Union County Tech, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  2. Union County Vocational-Technical High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed February 8, 2018.
  3. Staff. "America's Best High Schools 2016", Newsweek. Accessed November 11, 2016.
  4. New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 23, 2012.
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