Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Paramus, New Jersey
Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus in Paramus, New Jersey enrolled 288 students in 2024-25 with 46.0 full-time teachers, 6.3 students per teacher against the New Jersey high-school median of 12.1. It ran a targeted Title I program in 2021-22; it does not take part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, under 50% of its students tested were proficient in reading and under 50% proficient in math in 2021-22 (New Jersey: 48.6% and 35.5%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 3%
286 students in 2022-23, 277 students in 2023-24, 288 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 47.5 to 46.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 286 | 47.5 | 6.0 |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 47.0 | 5.9 |
| 2024-25 | 288 | 46.0 | 6.3 |
6.3 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 97 of every 100 New Jersey high schools
Among the 427 New Jersey high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 12.1; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 147 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus enrolled 294 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 147 of the 294 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions0
- Chronically absentnot reported for this school
Who attends
44.9% of students were White, 41.5% Hispanic, 10.8% Black in 2024-25.
- White44.9%
- Hispanic41.5%
- Black10.8%
- Asian2.8%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22
In 2021-22, the students tested at Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus scored proficient or above: under 50% in reading and under 50% in math, against 48.6% in reading and 35.5% in math across New Jersey. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within New Jersey, not across states.
| Subject | This school | Its district | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts | under 50% | 96% | 48.6% |
| Math | under 50% | 89% | 35.5% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive): ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
High schools in Paramus
3 public high schools in Paramus report 2024-25 enrollment; Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus is number 2 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Technology High School | 348 | 17.4 | 19.8% |
| Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus | 288 | 6.3 | 29.9% |
| Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus | 14 | 0.7 | 50.0% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus
- Bergen County Technical High School - ParamusThe nearest public high school, under 0.1 miles away: 14 students (2024-25).under 0.1 mi
- River Dell Regional High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 1.5 miles away: 1,025 students, 11.8 per teacher (2024-25).1.5 mi
- Compare Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus with Bergen County Technical High School - ParamusStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Bergen County Vocational Technical School District spends per student$40,357 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$40,357
- The largest public schools in New JerseyBergen County Technical High School - Paramus is the number 374 by size of 447 New Jersey high schools open in 2024-25.#374 of 447
- New Jersey schools by students per teacher6.3 students per teacher here against the New Jersey median of 12.1 for high schools.6.3:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus
How many students attend Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus?
288 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 286 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Paramus, NJ.What is the student-teacher ratio at Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus?
6.3 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the New Jersey median for high schools is 12.1. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus a Title I school?
Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus ran a targeted assistance Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus do on state tests?
In 2021-22, the students tested at Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus scored proficient or above: under 50% in reading and under 50% in math, against 48.6% in reading and 35.5% in math across New Jersey. New Jersey's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus in?
Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, NCES district ID 3401470. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 340147000252 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.