West Caldwell Tech

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West Caldwell Tech
Location
620 Passaic Avenue
West Caldwell, NJ 07006

Information
Type Vocational Public high school
School district Essex County Vocational Technical Schools
Principal Chet Singh
Faculty 31.2 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 238 (as of 2010-11)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 7.63:1[1]
Athletics conference Independent
Nickname Eagles
Website School website

West Caldwell Tech is a regional public high school located in West Caldwell, that offers occupational and academic instruction for students in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools.

As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 238 students and 31.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.63:1. There were 138 students (58.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 41 (17.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

West Caldwell Tech was named a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education, one of only 17 schools in the state of New Jersey and 269 school nationwide to receive the designation. The Department of Education awards the National Blue Ribbon to public and private elementary, middle and high schools for being high performing schools or to schools that show significant improvement in the students' level of achievement. West Caldwell Tech received the designation for being an "Exemplary Improving School."[2]

Schooldigger.com ranked the school as 307th out of 389 public high schools statewide in its 2012 rankings (an increase of 8 positions from the previous ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy (64.7%) and mathematics (88.2%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[3]

Athletics

West Caldwell Tech competes as an independent school with no conference affiliation, under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[4] With 157 students in grades 10 to 12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2011-12 school year as North I Group I, a category that included schools with enrollment of 157 to 489 in those three grades.[5]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[6]

  • Chet Singh, Principal

References

External links

Coordinates: 40°44′23″N 74°10′55″W / 40.739794°N 74.181867°W / 40.739794; -74.181867

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