Union County Career & Technical Institute

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Scotch Plains, New Jersey

Union County Career & Technical Institute in Scotch Plains, New Jersey enrolled 67 students in 2024-25 with 23.9 full-time teachers, 2.8 students per teacher against the New Jersey high-school median of 12.1. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it does not take part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment rose 294% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 22%

17 students in 2022-23, 17 students in 2023-24, 67 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 19.7 to 23.9.

Students enrolled at Union County Career & Technical Institute by school year2022-23: 17, 2023-24: 17, 2024-25: 670204060802022-23172023-24172024-2567
Students enrolled at Union County Career & Technical Institute by school year2022-23: 17, 2023-24: 17, 2024-25: 670204060802022-23172023-24172024-2567
Students enrolled at Union County Career & Technical Institute by school year2022-23: 17, 2023-24: 17, 2024-25: 670204060802022-23172023-24172024-2567
Students enrolled at Union County Career & Technical Institute by school year2022-23: 17, 2023-24: 17, 2024-25: 670204060802022-23172023-24172024-2567
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231719.70.9
2023-241721.90.8
2024-256723.92.8

2.8 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 100 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.

Students per teacher, New Jersey high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 96.7; This school 2.8; state median 12.1.3 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherThis school 2.8state median 12.1U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, New Jersey high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 96.7; This school 2.8; state median 12.1.3 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherThis school 2.8state median 12.1U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, New Jersey high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 96.7; This school 2.8; state median 12.1.3 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherThis school 2.8state median 12.1U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, New Jersey high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 96.7; This school 2.8; state median 12.1.3 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherThis school 2.8state median 12.1U.S. 14.5

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).

Who attends

38.8% of students were Hispanic, 35.8% White, 17.9% Black in 2024-25.

  1. Hispanic38.8%
  2. White35.8%
  3. Black17.9%
  4. Asian6.0%
  5. Two or more races1.5%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

What to look at next about Union County Career & Technical Institute

  1. Union County TechThe nearest public high school, under 0.1 miles away: 502 students, 20.4 per teacher (2024-25).under 0.1 mi
  2. Academy For Performing ArtsThe next nearest public high school, under 0.1 miles away: 242 students, 16.0 per teacher (2024-25).under 0.1 mi
  3. Compare Union County Career & Technical Institute with Union County TechStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Union County Vocational-Technical School District spends per student$23,098 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$23,098
  5. The largest public schools in New JerseyUnion County Career & Technical Institute is the number 424 by size of 447 New Jersey high schools open in 2024-25.#424 of 447
  6. New Jersey schools by students per teacher2.8 students per teacher here against the New Jersey median of 12.1 for high schools.2.8:1
  7. 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 Union County Career & Technical Institute

  1. How many students attend Union County Career & Technical Institute?
    67 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 17 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Scotch Plains, NJ.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Union County Career & Technical Institute?
    2.8 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.
  3. Is Union County Career & Technical Institute a Title I school?
    Union County Career & Technical Institute was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).
  4. What district is Union County Career & Technical Institute in?
    Union County Vocational-Technical School District, NCES district ID 3418040. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 341804003391 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
  • 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.

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