Sussex City Technical High School - Sparta, New Jersey/NJ

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Sussex City Technical High School

105 North Church Road, Sparta, NJ, 07871-3203 -

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Definition of Terms

Sussex City Technical High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Vocational school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Sussex County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

516 students

% Male / % Female

61% / 39%

Total Classroom Teachers

65 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 95 students

Grade 10 - 82 students

Grade 11 - 93 students

Grade 12 - 76 students

Grade Not Listed - 170 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:8

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	n/a	7%
% Hispanic	4%	15%
% Black	1%	17%
% White	95%	61%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Sussex County Vocational School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	1	5
Number of Students Managed	516 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$15,560,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$14,644,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$30,155	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$28,380	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	95%	81%

Sussex County Technical School is a county-wide technical public high school in Sussex County, New Jersey, as part of the Sussex County Vocational School District and is located in Sparta Township. It is the home of the McNeice Auditorium and the Fighting Mustangs. The school's official colors are hunter green and gold.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 628 students and 64.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 9.8.
The Technical School is also the home of all three of the Umptysquatch human powered submarines (1, 2 and 3.2), and the teams of Engineering students who built them.
Extracurricular activities
The Sussex County Technical School Mustangs participate in the eleven-member Sussex County Interscholastic League. The school is categorized by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) as North I, Group II.
Sussex Tech also is involved with NJ REBEL; a youth led anti-tobacco group with funds from the New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services. The groups is also county wide. Sussex Tech REBEL currently has 38 active members and is becoming one of the school's largest activities.
Every year, SCIL schools nominate a senior for the United Way Scholar/Athletes. In 2009, Sussex County Technical School nominated Chelsea Shupe, ranking second in her class.
Graduation rate
According to the New Jersey Herald, the graduation rate for Sussex County Technical School is 73.3%. This rate exceeds the national high school graduation rate of approximately 70%. Sussex County Technical School has the lowest graduation rate in Sussex County.
External links
Sussex County Technical School
Data for Sussex County Technical School, National Center for Education Statistics
Sussex Tech REBEL

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