The School of Business, Technology, Marketing and Finance is a four-year

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in Paterson in Passaic County,

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, United States, operated as part of the

Paterson Public Schools The Paterson Public Schools (PPS) is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Paterson, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts sta ...

. It is one of a number of academy programs serving students in

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through

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s based at the John F. Kennedy High School campus. As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 627 students and 47.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 13.3:1. There were 342 students (54.5% of enrollment) eligible for

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and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for School of Business Technology Marketing and Finance

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. Accessed February 15, 2022.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 332nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''

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'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.Staff
"Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014"
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'', September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.

References

External links

School websitePaterson Public Schools
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School Data for the Paterson Public Schools

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