Paterson P-TECH High School

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Paterson P-TECH High School
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Paterson P-TECH High School
201 Memorial Drive

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07505

United States
Coordinates 40°53′37″N74°09′12″W / 40.89374°N 74.15341°W / 40.89374; -74.15341
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Type Public high school
School district Paterson Public Schools
NCES School ID341269003109 [1]
PrincipalCharla Holder [2]
Faculty14.0 FTEs [1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment200 (as of 2023–24) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.3:1 [1]
Website ptech.paterson.k12.nj.us

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.

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 School data for Paterson P-Tech High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  2. Staff, Paterson P-TECH High School. Accessed February 4, 2024.
  3. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly , September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  4. Malinconico, Joe. "Paterson math team comes in second in statewide competition", Paterson Press, January 15, 2016. Accessed June 20, 2016. "A team from Paterson's PANTHER Academy finished tied for second in a statewide math competition last month. The contest was conducted by the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey."