Panther Academy

Panther Academy
Location
Panther Academy
Panther Academy
Panther Academy
90 Delaware Avenue
Paterson, NJ 07503
United States
Coordinates 40°53′37″N 74°09′12″W / 40.89374°N 74.15341°W / 40.89374; -74.15341Coordinates: 40°53′37″N 74°09′12″W / 40.89374°N 74.15341°W / 40.89374; -74.15341
Information
Type Public high school
School district Paterson Public Schools
Principal Gregg Festa
Faculty 23.0 FTEs[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 196 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 8.5:1[1]
Website School website

The Panther Academy (formally the Academy of Earth & Space Science) is a four-year public high school in Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, operated as part of the Paterson Public Schools. It is one of a number of academy programs serving students in ninth through twelfth grades offered by the school district. The program focuses on earth science and space science as part of a partnership with Passaic County Community College and grants from NASA.

As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 196 students and 23.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.5:1. There were 129 students (65.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 3 (1.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 303rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[2]

The students of Panther Academy won second place at the 2015 state mathematics competition organized by the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey.[3]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[4]

  • Gregg Festa, Principal

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School data for School of Earth and Space Science, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ Malinconico, Joe. "Paterson math team comes in second in statewide competition", Paterson Press, January 15, 2016. Accessed June 20, 2016. "A team from Paterson's PANTHER Academy finished tied for second in a statewide math competition last month.The contest was conducted by the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey."
  4. ↑ Administration, Panther Academy. Accessed June 2, 2016.
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