Newark Tech High School

Newark Tech High School is 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.As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 737 students and 54.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1. There were 514 students (69.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 109 (14.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.Students were informed of wearing school uniforms as of the 2011-2012 school year.Awards, recognition and rankingsIn 2015, Newark Tech was one of 15 schools in New Jersey, and one of nine public schools, recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in the exemplary high performing category by the United States Department of Education.The school was the 156th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 165th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 204th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.