Paterson P-TECH High School

Paterson P-TECH High School is a four-year public high school in Paterson in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operated as part of the Paterson Public Schools. It is one of a number of academy programs serving students in ninth through twelfth grades offered by the school district. The program focuses on earth science and space science as part of a partnership with Passaic County Community College and grants from NASA.

Paterson P-TECH High School
Address
201 Memorial Drive Paterson , Passaic County , New Jersey 07505 United States
Coordinates	40.89374°N 74.15341°W / 40.89374; -74.15341
Information
Type	Public high school
School district	Paterson Public Schools
NCES School ID	341269003109[1]
Principal	Charla Holder[2]
Faculty	14.0 FTEs[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	200 (as of 2023–24)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	14.3:1[1]
Website	ptech.paterson.k12.nj.us

As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 200 students and 14.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.3:1. There were 80 students (40.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 303rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.^[3]

The students at was then called Panther Academy won second place at the 2015 state mathematics competition organized by the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey.^[4]