Essex County Schools of Technology

The Essex County Schools of Technology (formerly known as Essex County Vocational Technical Schools) is a regional public school district headquartered in Newark that offers occupational and academic instruction for public high school and adult students in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Founded in 1914, the district is one of the state's largest and oldest vocational education system.^[3]

Essex County Schools of Technology
Address
60 Nelson Place, 1 North Newark , Essex County, New Jersey, 07102 United States
Coordinates	40.834749°N 74.257244°W / 40.834749; -74.257244
District information
Grades	Vocational
Superintendent	James Pedersen
Business administrator	Bernetta Davis
Schools	3
Students and staff
Enrollment	2,340 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty	181.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	NA
Website	www.essextech.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) Vocational average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $23,530 12 $18,891 24.6% 1 Budgetary Cost 17,583 13 17,296 1.7% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,917 11 9,045 −1.4% 6 Support Services 2,151 12 2,269 −5.2% 8 Administrative Cost 2,807 13 2,353 19.3% 10 Operations & Maintenance 3,150 13 3,014 4.5% 13 Extracurricular Activities 468 12 464 0.9% 16 Median Teacher Salary 65,120 15 65,035 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of Vocational districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=21

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 2,340 students and 181.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1.^[1]

All high schools provide academic and occupational programs for ninth through twelfth grades, offering both full and shared time to both general education and special needs students.

It has been announced by ECVTS the opening of the newly constructed Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology in Newark, NJ will be in September 2018. The newly built school will serve as the home of current students from Bloomfield Tech and North 13th Street as ECVTS will close both sites.^[4]

Awards and recognition

During the 2009-10 school year, Bloomfield Tech High School was awarded the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.^[5]

During the 2012-13 academic year, West Caldwell Tech High School was recognized as a Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education, one of 17 schools in the state to receive the award that year.^[6]

In 2015, both Bloomfield Tech and Newark Tech were recognized with the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence.^[7][8]

Schools

The district consists of the following three high schools (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[9]), which are:^{[10][11][12][13]}

• Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology^[14] in Newark, with 1,291 students in grades 9-12
  • Eric Love, Principal
• Newark Tech High School^[15] in Newark, with 716 students in grades 9-12
  • Carmen Morales, Principal
• West Caldwell Tech^[16] in West Caldwell, with 336 students in grades 9-12
  • Ayisha Ingram-Robinson, Principal

The district offers adult programs in the evening at the Newark Tech and Donald M. Payne Tech centers.

Defunct schools

• Bloomfield Tech High School^[17] in Bloomfield (Closed)
• Irvington Tech in Irvington (Closed in 1989)
• North 13th Street Tech^[18] in Newark (Closed)

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[13][19]

• James Pedersen, superintendent of schools
• Bernetta Davis, business administrator / board secretary

Board of education

The Board of Education is composed of seven members. The Board of Education is appointed by the Essex County Executive with the advice and consent of the Board of County Commissioners.^[20]