Paterson P-TECH High School
Magnet high school in Passaic County, New Jersey, US
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Paterson P-TECH High School is a four-year public high school in Paterson in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operated as part of the Paterson Public Schools. It is one of a number of academy programs serving students in ninth through twelfth grades offered by the school district. The program focuses on earth science and space science as part of a partnership with Passaic County Community College and grants from NASA.
| Paterson P-TECH High School | |
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| Location | |
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201 Memorial Drive , , 07505 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40.89374°N 74.15341°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Paterson Public Schools |
| NCES School ID | 341269003109[1] |
| Principal | Charla Holder[2] |
| Faculty | 14.0 FTEs[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 200 (as of 2023–24)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.3:1[1] |
| Website | ptech |
As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 200 students and 14.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.3:1. There were 80 students (40.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 303rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[3]
The students at was then called Panther Academy won second place at the 2015 state mathematics competition organized by the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey.[4]