Essex County Schools of Technology
The Essex County Schools of Technology (formerly known as Essex County Vocational Technical Schools) is a regional public school district headquartered in Newark that offers occupational and academic instruction for public high school and adult students in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Founded in 1914, the district is one of the state's largest and oldest vocational education system.
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60 Nelson Place, 1 North
Newark , Essex County, New Jersey, 07102United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40.834749°N 74.257244°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | Vocational | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | James Pedersen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Bernetta Davis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 2,340 (as of 2020–21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 181.0 FTEs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 12.9:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | NA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 2,340 students and 181.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
All high schools provide academic and occupational programs for ninth through twelfth grades, offering both full and shared time to both general education and special needs students.
It has been announced by ECVTS the opening of the newly constructed Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology in Newark, NJ will be in September 2018. The newly built school will serve as the home of current students from Bloomfield Tech and North 13th Street as ECVTS will close both sites.