North 13th Street Tech

North 13th Street Tech was a regional public high school located in Newark, that offers occupational and academic instruction for students in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools.

North 13th Street Tech
Location
300 North 13th Street
Newark, NJ 07107

United States
Coordinates40.766010°N 74.190926°W / 40.766010; -74.190926
Information
TypeVocational public high school
Closed2018
School districtEssex County Vocational Technical Schools
PrincipalPatricia Clark-Jeter
Faculty58.8 FTEs[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment677 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.5:1[1]
Color(s)  Columbia blue
  navy blue and
  white[2]
Athletics conferenceSuper Essex Conference
Team nameCougars[2]
WebsiteSchool website

As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 677 students and 58.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1. There were 519 students (76.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 79 (11.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

At the end of the 2017-2018 school year, North 13th Street Tech closed along with Bloomfield Tech High School and has been replaced by the newly constructed Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology in Newark.[3]

Awards, recognition and rankings

Schooldigger.com ranked the school as 134th out of 389 public high schools statewide in its 2012 rankings (an increase of 118 positions from the previous ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy (83.5%) and mathematics (99.3%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[4]

Athletics

The North 13th Street Tech Cougars[2] compete in the Super Essex Conference, under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[5] With 538 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015–16 school year as North II, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 508 to 770 students in that grade range.[6]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[7]

  • Patricia Clark-Jeter, Principal[8]

References
  1. School data for North 13th St. Tech, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  2. Essex County Vocational-Technical 13th St., New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 30, 2016.
  3. Check out new $165M tech school, NJ.com. Accessed September 20, 2018.
  4. New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2011-2012, Schooldigger.com. Accessed October 23, 2013.
  5. League & Conference Affiliations 2016-2017 Archived 2012-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  6. General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  7. Home page Archived 2014-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, North 13th Street Tech. Accessed May 30, 2016.
  8. Principal's message Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, North 13th Street Tech. Accessed October 23, 2013.
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