School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

The School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics is a four-year public high school in Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, operated as part of the Paterson Public Schools. It is one of a number of academy programs serving students in ninth through twelfth grades based at the John F. Kennedy High School campus.

School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Location
61-127 Preakness Avenue Paterson , Passaic County , New Jersey 07502 United States
Coordinates	40.91534°N 74.18705°W / 40.91534; -74.18705
Information
Type	Public high school
School district	Paterson Public Schools
NCES School ID	341269003169[1]
Principal	Dr. Dante Petretti
Faculty	40.0 FTEs[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	625 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	15.6:1[1]
Website	stem-pps-nj.schoolloop.com

As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 625 students and 40.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.6:1. There were 341 students (54.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 265th-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.^[2]

Administration

The school's principal is Dr. Dante Petretti.^[3]