North 13th Street Tech

North 13th Street Tech
Location
300 North 13th Street
Newark, NJ 07107
Information
Type Vocational Public high school
School district Essex County Vocational Technical Schools
Principal Patricia Clark-Jeter
Faculty 58.5 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 679[1] (as of 2012-13)
Student to teacher ratio 11.61:1[1]
Athletics conference Super Essex Conference
Team name Cougars
Website School website

North 13th Street Tech is a regional public high school located in Newark, that offers occupational and academic instruction for students in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools.

As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 679 students and 58.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.61:1. There were 527 students (77.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 74 (10.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

Schooldigger.com ranked the school as 134th out of 389 public high schools statewide in its 2012 rankings (an increase of 118 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 (83.5%) and mathematics (99.3%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[2]

Athletics

The North 13th Street Tech Cougars compete in the Super Essex Conference, under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[3] With 494 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as North II, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 493 to 732 students in that grade range.[4]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 School Data for North 13th St Tech, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2011-2012, Schooldigger.com. Accessed October 23, 2013.
  3. ↑ League Memberships – 2014-2015, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ 2014-2015 Public Schools Group Classification: ShopRite Cup–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for North II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of July 8, 2014. Accessed November 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ Home page, North 13th Street Tech. Accessed October 23, 2013.
  6. ↑ Principal's message, North 13th Street Tech. Accessed October 23, 2013.

External links

Coordinates: 40°45′58″N 74°11′27″W / 40.766010°N 74.190926°W