Salem County Career and Technical High School

Salem County Career and Technical High School is a four-year vocational public high school located in Pilesgrove Township, New Jersey, United States, that serves the vocational education needs of students in ninth through twelfth grades in Salem County, as part of the Salem County Vocational Technical Schools. The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools.[3]

Salem County Career and Technical High School
Address
880 Route 45

Pilesgrove Township
,
Salem County
,
New Jersey
08098

United States
Coordinates39.717679°N 75.455836°W / 39.717679; -75.455836
Information
TypeVocational public high school
School districtSalem County Vocational Technical Schools
NCES School ID3414580[1]
PrincipalJason Helder
Faculty44.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment643 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.6:1[1]
Color(s)  Navy and
  Carolina blue[2]
Team nameChargers[2]
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
Websitewww.scvts.org/Career-Technical-High-School.html

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 643 students and 44.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.6:1. There were 111 students (17.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 31 (4.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

In 2012, Schooldigger.com ranked the school 130th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 99 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (82.0%) and language arts literacy (97.5%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[4]

Athletics

The Salem County Career and Technical High School Chargers[2] interscholastic athletics are overseen by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA), competing independently, not as a member of an athletic conference.[5] With 313 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 students in that grade range.[6]

References
  1. School data for Salem County Career And Technical High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Salem County Vocational Technical School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  3. Salem County Career and Technical High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed February 8, 2018.
  4. New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 4, 2012.
  5. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  6. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
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