Warren County Technical School | |
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Coordinates | 40°44′36″N 75°01′30″W / 40.7432°N 75.0249°W |
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Type | Vocational public high school |
Established | 1959 [1] |
School district | Warren County Technical School District |
Superintendent | Derrick Forsythe [2] |
NCES School ID | 341792005872 [3] |
Principal | Diana Mai [2] |
Faculty | 37.5 FTEs [3] |
Grades | 9- 12 |
Enrollment | 413 (as of 2022–23) [3] |
Student to teacher ratio | 11.0:1 [3] |
Color(s) | Navy and Columbia Blue [4] |
Team name | Knights [4] |
Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools [5] |
Website |
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Warren County Technical School (WCTS) is a technical and vocational public high school located in Washington, which serves students in ninth through twelfth grades as well as adult learners from across Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, as part of the Warren County Technical School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1996. [5]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 413 students and 37.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1. There were 47 students (11.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 12 (2.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. [3]
In addition to students in its full-time high school programs, the school also serves 150 adult students in the fields of Licensed Practical Nursing, Cosmetology, HVAC, Welding, and Black Seal Certification. [6]
The current campus, located on New Jersey Route 57, opened in 1969. There were 500 students during the 2013-2014 school year. [7]
Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 190th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 72 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the two components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), mathematics (75.5%) and language arts literacy (96.1%). [8]
Warren County Technical School completed construction of a 150,000-square-foot (14,000 m2) addition that included the creation of a theater for the use of the school's performing arts program. The total cost was $6.7 million. [6]
The Warren Tech Knights compete in 12 interscholastic athletic programs: [4] [9]