The Union County Vocational-Technical High School (UC Tech) is a full-time

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, located in Scotch Plains in Union County,

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, United States. This school serves students in ninth through

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s from across Union county as a career academy on the Union County Vocational Technical Schools Campus, which also includes the

Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences The Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences (UCAAHS) is a full-time Vocational public high school, located in Scotch Plains, in Union County, New Jersey, United States. This school serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from ...

, Academy for Information Technology,

Union County Magnet High School The Union County Magnet High School (UCMHS) is a magnet public high school located in Scotch Plains on the Union County Vocational Technical Schools Campus, serving the vocational and technical educational needs of students in ninth through t ...

and the

Academy for Performing Arts The Union County Academy for Performing Arts is a full-time four-year public magnet high school located in Scotch Plains, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, on the Union County Vocational Technical Schools Campus. Its first year was ...

. The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools.Union County Vocational-Technical High School
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed August 30, 2020. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 514 students and 23.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 21.5:1. There were 41 students (8.0% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 2 (0.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Union County Tech
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.

Awards, recognition and rankings

In its listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", the school was ranked 189th out of 500 best high schools in the country; it was ranked 29th among all high schools in New Jersey. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 18th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 6 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (98.3%) and language arts literacy (100.0%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011
Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 23, 2012.

References

External links

Union County Vocational-Technical High School website
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Data for the Union County Vocational-Technical High School
National Center for Education Statistics {{DEFAULTSORT:Union County Vocational-Technical High School Magnet schools in New Jersey Public high schools in Union County, New Jersey Scotch Plains, New Jersey Educational institutions established in 2002 2002 establishments in New Jersey