Bergen County Academies
Bergen County Academies (BCA) is a tuition-free public magnet high school located in Hackensack, New Jersey that serves students in the ninth through twelfth grades from Bergen County, New Jersey. The school was founded by John Grieco, also founder of the Academies at Englewood, in 1991.
| Bergen County Academies | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
200 Hackensack Avenue , , New Jersey 07601 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40.902203°N 74.034742°W |
| Information | |
| Former name | Bergen Academies |
| Type | Public magnet high school |
| Established | 1991 |
| Founder | John Grieco |
| School district | Bergen County Technical Schools |
| CEEB code | 310118 |
| NCES School ID | 340147000250 |
| Principal | Russell Davis |
| Faculty | 93.6 FTEs |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,116 (as of 2022–23) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.9:1 |
| Color(s) | Black Vegas gold White |
| Athletics conference | Big North Conference (general) North Jersey Super Football Conference (football) |
| Team name | Knights |
| Website | www |
In 2021, Niche ranked BCA as the #1 best public high school in America. BCA was also named as one of the 23 highest performing high schools in the United States by The Washington Post. BCA is a National Blue Ribbon School, a member of the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools, home of eleven 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars including two Finalists, and a Model School in the Arts as named by the New Jersey Department of Education.
The school is currently organized into seven academies: Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology (AAST), Academy for Business and Finance (ABF), Academy for Culinary Arts and Hospitality Administration (ACAHA), Academy for Engineering and Design Technology (AEDT), Academy for Medical Science Technology (AMST), Academy for Technology and Computer Science (ATCS), and Academy for Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA).
As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,116 students and 93.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1. There were 39 students (3.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 29 (2.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.