In its listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", the school was ranked 20th out of 500 best high schools in the country; it was ranked seventh among all high schools in New Jersey.[4] In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 16th in the nation among participating public high schools and first among schools in New Jersey.[5] According to 2011 Newsweek statistics, High Technology High School students registered an average
SAT score of 2145,[6] the highest of any U.S. high school; overall, Newsweek ranked HTHS 18th nationally and the top high school in New Jersey.[6] In 2011, HTHS was ranked Number 1 for Best High Schools for Math & Science in U.S. News & World Report,[7] and in 2013, the school was ranked the twelfth best high school overall in the United States by U.S. News.[8] In its 2015 rankings,
Niche.com, Inc. ranked High Technology High School the best public high school in America.[9]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 285 students and 21.5 classroom teachers (on an
FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio of 13.3:1. There were 4 students (1.4% of enrollment) eligible for
free lunch and 1 (0.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]
History
The school opened its doors in 1991 with a sophomore class of 62 students in facilities on the campus of
Brookdale Community College, with plans to add a new grade each year to accommodate grades 10–12.[10]
The school building on the Brookdale campus was completed in 1992 and an expansion two years later allowed the school to double enrollment. A freshman class was added in fall 1995. The student population is kept relatively small, with typically 65-80 students per class year, allowing the school to maintain a low student–teacher ratio.[11]
Business Insider ranked High Technology High School at the top of its 2014 list of the "25 best public high school in the United States".[14]
For the 2003–04 school year, High Technology High School received the National Blue Ribbon Award for the second time, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[15]
High Technology High School was twice named a "Star School" by the
New Jersey Department of Education, the highest form of recognition for a New Jersey school, in both 1994-95[16] and 2001–02.[17]
High Technology High School was recognized by Newsweek magazine in its May 28, 2007 issue covering America's Best High Schools, as one of its 21 Public Elites, a group of consistent high performers excluded from its rankings because of the number of students with SAT (or ACT) scores well above the national average.[18]
HTHS was cited as a "Public Elite", one of 22 such schools recognized nationwide in Newsweek magazine's listing of "America's Best High Schools" in the May 8, 2006 issue. Newsweek described the school as "A pre-engineering academy with topnotch humanities"[19]
High Technology offers a full high school education, with emphasis on math, science, and technology. Students take college courses during their junior and senior years, and seniors are required to take a mentorship course for one semester.
Class scheduling works around
block scheduling. All classes are 71 minutes long, and there are 5 periods in a day. All students eat lunch at the same time, between 11:00 and 12:00 PM. Most classes are held three times a week. Physical Education is held two periods per week. AP science classes have "double labs" which are two periods (138 minutes) long, while AP Calculus classes meet one extra period per week. The foreign languages taught at High Technology High School are Latin, French, and Spanish. Junior and senior technology electives - Project Lead the Way courses (Digital Electronics, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science & Software Engineering, and Engineering Design and Development)[21] - are held three times a week for two periods (138 minutes).
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High Technology High School offers a variety of clubs including:[30]
^"County's high-technology high school starts class today; The school is located on the Brookdale Community College campus.", Asbury Park Press, September 5, 1991. Accessed February 16, 2022, via
Newspapers.com. "A new chapter in the study of science begins today as the county opens its new high technology high school. The school, which is run by the Monmouth County Vocational School District and will be taught in Brook-dale Community College's newly opened $2.5 million Advanced Technology Center, features a science-oriented curriculum emphasizing engineering and telecommunications. Sixty-two 10th-graders, who were chosen based on exams, grades, interviews and teacher recommendations, will begin classes today."
^Profile, High Technology High School. Accessed February 16, 2022. "HTHS opens for the first time in September of 1991 as a collaborative venture of the MCVSD Board of Education and the Brookdale Community College Board of Trustees. In 1992 the construction of the building was completed and the students move into their own building on the Brookdale Community College Campus. In 1994 the building was expanded and it doubled the size of the school."
^Clubs, High Technology High School. Accessed February 16, 2022.
^Van Develde.
"A bicycle trip that leads to someone else's home"Archived July 21, 2011, at the
Wayback Machine, Atlanticville, January 9, 2004. Accessed June 16, 2011. "Brian and I went to the High Technology High School at Brookdale Community College (Middletown) and Erik went to the Allied Health and Science High School, Neptune."
^Akash Modi,
USA Gymnastics. Accessed August 11, 2019. "Birthplace: Edison, NJ USA Hometown: Morganville, NJ USA Name of High School: High Technology High School High School Graduation Year: 2013"