North 13th Street Tech was a regional public high school located in Newark, that offers occupational and academic instruction for students in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools.
As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 677 students and 58.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1. There were 519 students (76.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 79 (11.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for North 13th St. Tech, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
At the end of the 2017-2018 school year, North 13th Street Tech closed along with Bloomfield Tech High School and has been replaced by the newly constructed Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology in Newark.Check out new $165M tech school, NJ.com. Accessed September 20, 2018.
Awards, recognition and rankings Schooldigger.com ranked the school as 134th out of 389 public high schools statewide in its 2012 rankings (an increase of 118 positions from the previous ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy (83.5%) and mathematics (99.3%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2011-2012, Schooldigger.com. Accessed October 23, 2013.
Athletics The North 13th Street Tech CougarsEssex County Vocational-Technical 13th St., New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 30, 2016. compete in the Super Essex Conference, under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).League & Conference Affiliations 2016-2017 , New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 10, 2017. With 538 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015–16 school year as North II, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 508 to 770 students in that grade range.General Public School Classifications 2015-2016 , New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
Administration Core members of the school's administration are:Home page , North 13th Street Tech. Accessed May 30, 2016. Patricia Clark-Jeter, PrincipalPrincipal's message , North 13th Street Tech. Accessed October 23, 2013.
References
External links North 13th Street Tech Essex County Vocational Technical Schools
Statistical data for the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools, National Center for Education Statistics