Atlantic County Vocational School District
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5080 Atlantic Avenue
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| Coordinates | 39°26′31″N 74°41′28″W / 39.441835°N 74.691108°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | Vocational | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Philip J. Guenther | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Nicholas Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 1,800 (as of 2023–24)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 149.5 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 12.0:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Atlantic County Vocational School District is a comprehensive vocational public school district serving the vocational and training needs of high school students in ninth through twelfth grades and adults from Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3] The district's school is located in the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township.
As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 1,800 students and 149.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.[1]
Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5][6][7]
- Atlantic County Institute of Technology (ACIT) is a four-year countywide vocational public high school located on a 58-acre (230,000 m2) campus. The school was constructed in 1974 and underwent a major renovation in 1994.[8] The school offers 30 different career programs. Shared-time students attend vocational programs at ACIT for part of the day, while receiving their academic instruction at one of the public high schools in the county. ACIT has articulation agreements with Atlantic Cape Community College, allowing students in certain programs to earn as many as 15 college credits for courses taken at ACIT. The school also has a similar partnership with Camden County College for students in the dental assistant program. (1,805 students in grades 9-12)
- Joseph Potkay, principal[9]
Atlantic County Alternative High School served students from across the county who had not achieved in a traditional high school setting, offering an individualized program to help students develop academic and job preparation skills.[10] With the sending districts reducing the number of students, the programs was ended by the district.[11]
