Essex County Vocational Technical Schools

Essex County Vocational Technical Schools
60 Nelson Place, 1 North Newark, New Jersey 07102
District information
Grades	Vocational
Superintendent	Dr. James Pedersen
Business administrator	Bernetta Davis
Schools	4
Students and staff
Enrollment	2,212 (as of 2014-15)
Faculty	189.3 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio	11.7:1
Other information
District Factor Group	NA
Website	http://www.essextech.org

The Essex County Vocational Technical Schools is a regional public school district headquartered in Newark that offers occupational and academic instruction for public high school and adult students in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1914, the district is one of the state's largest and oldest vocational education system.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 2,212 students and 189.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1.

All high schools provide academic and occupational programs for ninth through twelfth grades, offering both full and shared time to both general education and special needs students.

During the 2009-10 school year, Bloomfield Tech High School was awarded the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.

During the 2012-13 academic year, West Caldwell Tech High School was recognized as a Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education, one of 17 schools in the state to receive the award that year.

In 2015, both Bloomfield Tech and Newark Tech were recognized with the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence.

The district consists of the following four high schools (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics), which are:

The district offers adult programs in the evening at the Newark Tech and Bloomfield Tech centers, and during the day at the Adult Training Center in East Orange.

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