Hudson County Schools of Technology

Hudson County Schools of Technology
8511 Tonnelle Avenue
North Bergen, NJ 07047
District information
Grades Vocational
Superintendent Frank Gargiulo
Business administrator Nicholas Fargo
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,274 (as of 2011–12)[1]
Faculty 139.8 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 9.11:1
Other information
Website http://www.hcstonline.org/
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		Vocational
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$23,12611$18,89122.4%
1Budgetary Cost15,890817,296-8.1%
2Classroom Instruction7,41359,045-18.0%
6Support Services2,304142,2691.5%
8Administrative Cost1,97682,353-16.0%
10Operations & Maintenance2,47263,014-18.0%
13Extracurricular Activities2307464-50.4%
16Median Teacher Salary61,6301265,035
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of Vocational districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=21

The Hudson County Schools of Technology is a public school district based in North Bergen that offers career and vocational education for public high school students in ninth through twelfth grades and for adult students throughout Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011–12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,274 students and 139.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.11:1.[1]

Awards and recognition

In September 2013, High Tech High School was one of 15 in New Jersey to be recognized by the United States Department of Education as part of the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program,[3] an award described by superintendent of the Bergen County Technical Schools as the "most prestigious honor in the United States' education system".[4] Education Secretary Arne Duncan described these schools as schools that "represent examples of educational excellence".

High Tech High School was named as a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve, in the 1994–95 school year.[5]

Schools

North Bergen campus

Programs administered by the Hudson County Schools of Technology (with 2011–12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) include:[7][8]

Middle school
High schools

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][13]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Hudson County Vocational School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 31, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2013 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Private, pp. 15–17. United States Department of Education, National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Accessed December 31, 2014.
  4. ↑ Rundquist, Jeanette. "15 N.J. schools named as national 'Blue Ribbon' winners", The Star-Ledger, September 24, 2013. Accessed December 31, 2014. "Five Catholic schools, six county vocational-technical schools and a Yeshiva are among the list of honored schools in New Jersey.... The vo-tech schools honored this year are High Tech High School in North Bergen..."
  5. ↑ Star School Award recipient detail, New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 18, 2006. Accessed November 25, 2009.
  6. ↑ School Data for the Hudson County Schools of Technology, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 31, 2014.
  7. ↑ Schools, Hudson County Schools of Technology. Accessed December 31, 2014.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Hudson County Schools of Technology, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 31, 2014.
  9. ↑ Explore 2000 Middle School, Hudson County Schools of Technology. Accessed December 31, 2014.
  10. ↑ County Prep High School, Hudson County Schools of Technology. Accessed December 31, 2014.
  11. ↑ High Tech High School, Hudson County Schools of Technology. Accessed December 31, 2014.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Hudson County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 31, 2014.
  13. ↑ 2014–2015 Hudson County Public School Directory, Hudson County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed December 31, 2014.
  14. ↑ Office of the Superintendent, Hudson County Schools of Technology. Accessed December 31, 2014.

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