Principal Eric Love Faculty 42.5 FTEs Phone +1 973-412-2206 Color Gold | Vice principal Dan Romano Grades 9–12 Number of students 514 (2014–2015) | |
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Type Vocational Public high school School district Essex County Vocational Technical Schools Address 209 Franklin St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003, USA District Essex County Vocational Technical Schools Similar Essex County Tech Hig, Essex County Vocation, Newark Vocational High Sch, Bloomfield High School, New Jersey Institute o | ||
Bloomfield Tech High School (also Essex County Bloomfield Tech or Bloomfield Tech) is a regional public high school located in Bloomfield, that offers occupational and academic instruction for students in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools. The school is also home to the first Green Energy Academy in a high school setting, which opened in 2009. The district offers adult programs in the evening at Bloomfield Tech.
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As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 514 students and 42.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1. There were 313 students (60.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 86 (16.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Awards, recognition and rankings
In 2015, Bloomfield Tech was one of 15 schools in New Jersey, and one of nine public schools, recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in the exemplary high performing category by the United States Department of Education.
During the 2009–10 school year, Bloomfield Tech High School was also awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.
Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 102nd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 58 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (83.9%) and language arts literacy (99.1%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
Athletics
The Bloomfield Tech Spartans compete in the Super Essex Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 400 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 73 to 481 students in that grade range.
In 2004, the girls basketball team took the North II, Group I sectional title with a 70-44 win against Belvidere High School. The team repeated the title in 2005 with a 58-46 win against University High School.
The boys and girls basketball teams both won their respective Group I state championships in 2006, the boys defeating LEAP Academy University Charter School of Camden, 73-51, and the girls topping Salem High School.
The boys basketball team won the 2007 North II, Group I state sectional championship with a 78-74 win over Science Park High School. The boys basketball team won the 2007 Group I NJSIAA state championship with a 73-59 win over Create Charter High School.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are: