Piscataway Technical High School

Piscataway Technical High School (also known as MCVTS at Piscataway, Piscataway Tech and Piscataway Campus) is a four-year career academy and college preparatory magnet public high school located in Piscataway in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades of many diverse cultures from all over Middlesex County as part of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools.

Piscataway Technical High School
Location
Piscataway Technical High School
Piscataway Technical High School
Piscataway Technical High School
21 Suttons Lane

Piscataway
,
NJ
08854

United States
Coordinates40.524188°N 74.429045°W / 40.524188; -74.429045
Information
TypeMagnet Public high school
School districtMiddlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools
NCES School ID3410080[1]
PrincipalNicole Slade
Asst. principalRichard Heffers
Sonja Paprota
Faculty43.0 FTEs[1]
Enrollment391 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio9.1:1[1]
Color(s)     Hunter green and
     gold[2]
Athletics conferenceGreater Middlesex Conference
Team nameRaiders[2]
WebsiteSchool webpage

As of the 2017-18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 391 students and 43.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.1:1. There were 231 students (59.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 38 (9.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Athletics

The Piscataway Tech Raiders[2] compete in the Greater Middlesex Conference, which operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[3] With 452 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as Central Jersey, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 12 to 467 students in that grade range.[4]

School colors are hunter green and gold. Interscholastic sports offered by the school are baseball (men), basketball (men and women), soccer (men) and softball (women).[2]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[5]

  • Nicole Slade, Principal
  • Richard Heffers, Assistant Principal
  • Sonja Paprota, Assistant Principal

References
  1. School data for Middlesex County Vocational School Piscataway, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  2. Piscataway Technical High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 1, 2016.
  3. League & Conference Affiliations 2016-2017 Archived 2012-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  4. General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  5. MCVTS at Piscataway Contact Information, Piscataway Campus. Accessed January 15, 2020.
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