Academy for Math, Science, and Engineering | |
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Address | |
520 West Main Street Rockaway, NJ 07866 |
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Type | Magnet public high school |
School district | Morris County Vocational School District |
Superintendent | Jim Jencarelli |
CEEB code | 310274 |
Director | Cheryl Giordano |
Principal | Todd Toriello |
Faculty | N/A FTEs |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 97 (as of 2014-15) |
Student to teacher ratio | N/A |
Color(s) | Green |
Website | School website |
The Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering is a highly prestigious four-year magnet public high school program intended to prepare students for STEM careers. Located in Morris County, New Jersey, it is a joint endeavor between the Morris County School of Technology and the Morris Hills Regional District. It is one of twelve vocational academies under the Morris County Vocational School District and housed on the campus of Morris Hills High School in Rockaway, New Jersey.
Organizations involved with the Academy include New Jersey Institute of Technology, County College of Morris, The Research & Development Council of New Jersey, Verizon, and the Morris / Sussex / Warren Workforce Investment Board. Admission to the Academy is extremely competitive; twenty-six students are admitted to each class. As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 97 students.
The Academy for Math, Science, and Engineering was created along with three other Academies by the Morris County School of Technology; 2015-16 marks the sixteenth year of the school's existence.
Schooldigger.com ranked the school as one of 16 schools tied for first out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (the school was not included in the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy (100.0%) and mathematics (100.0%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).