The Somerset County Vocational and Technical High School (SCVTHS) is a fully accredited, four-year

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located on an campus in Bridgewater Township, in Somerset County,

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, United States. The school is part of the

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, which serves students in

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through

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s from all of Somerset County. The school offers over 20 different programs, on both a full-time and part-time basis, that combine training in occupational and academic skills. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 347 students and 58.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 5.9:1. There were 33 students (9.5% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 4 (1.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Somerset County Vocational Technical High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022. Full-time students earn both a

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and a vocational certificate in their specific specialty area. Part-time students earn a certificate from SCVTHS in their specialty area, and receive an academic education at their home district. Starting with the 2009-10 school year, full-time students have a college track option for their academic classes.

Awards, recognition and rankings

Schooldigger.com ranked the school as 74th out of 416 public high schools statewide in its 2019 rankings (an increase of 29 positions from the 2018 ranking) based on test scores from the NJSLA English Language Arts, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II exams.

Academic programs

Gifted and Talented Performing Arts Program

Somerset Vo-Tech offers a rigorous performing arts program that divides into two branches: Acting and Acting with Vocal Music. All Theater Arts Majors at SCVTHS are taught by the guidelines of Sanford Meisner. The program is very competitive as it is known to only hold about 50 students (grades 9-12) total. The Theater Department produces one main-stage production each year in the fall.

Academy for Health and Medical Sciences

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. In this program, students earn up to 64 college credits from the college, graduating with a high school diploma from SCVTHS as well as an

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from the college.

Athletics

The Somerset County Vo-Tech JaguarsSomerset County Vo-Tech High School

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(NJSIAA). With 372 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 students in that grade range.

Notable alumni

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(born 1977),

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, manager and on-air television personality."Vo-tech students awarded medals"
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. "Three Somerset County Vocational Technical High School students received medals in a state skills competition this month.... Wall will compete, and Alex Abrahantes, a North Plainfield performing arts student, will run for a national club office."

References

External links

Somerset County Vocational and Technical High School website
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School Data for the Somerset County Vocational and Technical High School

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