Bloomfield Tech High School
Bloomfield Tech High School (also Essex County Bloomfield Tech or Bloomfield Tech) is a regional public high school located in Bloomfield, that offered occupational and academic instruction for students in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools. The school was also home to the first Green Energy Academy in a high school setting, which opened in 2009. The district offered adult programs in the evening at Bloomfield Tech.
| Bloomfield Tech High School | |
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| Address | |
209 Franklin Street , , New Jersey 07003 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40.7884°N 74.1903°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Vocational Public high school |
| Closed | 2018 (Reopened for 2019-2020 school year) |
| School district | Essex County Vocational Technical Schools |
| NCES School ID | 3404800 |
| Principal | Ayisha Ingram-Robinson |
| Faculty | 40.5 FTEs |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 483 (as of 2016-17) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.9:1 |
| Color(s) | Red White and Blue |
| Athletics conference | Super Essex Conference |
| Team name | Eagles |
| Website | www |
As of the 2016-17 school year, the school had an enrollment of 483 students and 40.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1. There were 296 students (61.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 86 (17.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
At the end of the 2017-18 school year, Bloomfield Tech High School closed along with North 13th Street Tech and has been replaced by the newly constructed Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology in Newark. The students and staff of West Caldwell Tech used the former Bloomfield Tech facility while the West Caldwell school building was being renovated. Officials celebrated the official reopening of the renovated West Caldwell Tech with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in October 2021.