Enrollment
307
High
DISTRICT 217 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341804006134
Academy For Information Technology
1776 RARITAN ROAD, SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ 07076 · (908) 889-8288 · Union County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of New Jersey public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
27 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 82 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 82 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 71 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 72 | 23% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
100.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
79.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 100 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 100.0% | 79.6% |
| 2023-24 | 100.0% | 85.2% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
91.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 30 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Academy For Information Technology
Academy For Information Technology's state test result (91.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy For Information Technology this school | 307 | 8.8% | 91.8% |
| Academy For Allied Health Sciences SCOTCH PLAINS | 308 | 10.4% | 88.2% |
| Union County Magnet High School SCOTCH PLAINS | 297 | 10.4% | 96.3% |
| Somerset County Vocational Technical High School Bridgewater | 332 | 19.3% | 59.9% |
| Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro Teterboro | 665 | 14.4% | 92.6% |
| Applied Technology High School Paramus | 348 | 22.1% | 77.2% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Academy For Information Technology ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.8% | #10 of 397 | #2 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #20 of 400 ▼ 4 | #3 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #7 of 395 no change | #3 of 31 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #366 of 442 | #29 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #387 of 388 | #31 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.0% | #3 of 389 | #2 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.8% | #343 of 405 | #25 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #148 of 173 | #20 of 24 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
307
+23 (+8%) vs 2020
+24% since 2010-11, when it was 247
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 18.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 307 | 14.4 | 21.3:1 | 9% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 15.1 | 20.1:1 | 7% (20) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 16.2 | 18.3:1 | 9% (27) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 15 | 18.9:1 | 7% (21) |
| 2017-18 | 300 | 14 | 21.4:1 | 8% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 275 | 22 | 12.5:1 | 4% (11) |
| 2010-11 | 247 | 23 | 10.7:1 | 16% (39) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Academy For Information Technology.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (300 to 307); teachers up 3% (14 to 14.4).
About Academy For Information Technology
Academy For Information Technology, located in SCOTCH PLAINS, New Jersey, is a small high school. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 307 students. Average enrollment for high schools in New Jersey is about 929, so this school runs 67% smaller than that.
Union County Vocational-Technical School District is made up of 8 schools with 1,737 students in all.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Academy For Information Technology. The largest is White students, at 31%. The remaining shares are 30% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Union County's population at about 39%. Pick two students at random and there is a 75% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 14.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Academy For Information Technology was 21.3:1. This ratio sits 8.6 above the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 9%. Across public schools in Union County, the average is 52%.
Measured against New Jersey public high schools, Academy For Information Technology receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Academy For Information Technology ranks in the top 10% in New Jersey. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 91.8%, against a prediction of 61.4%.
Union County has these Census figures: the median household income is $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Union County is home to 180 public schools and about 99,046 public school students.
Union County Career & Technical Institute is the public school closest to Academy For Information Technology, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Academy For Information Technology is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school enrolled 307 students in 2024-25, 23 more than the 284 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.9:1 to 21.3:1.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union County Vocational-Technical School District
- Union County TechHigh · 502 students
- Academy For Allied Health SciencesHigh · 308 students
- Union County Magnet High SchoolHigh · 297 students
- Academy For Performing ArtsHigh · 242 students
- Union County Career & Technical InstituteHigh · 67 students
- Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery HSHigh · 10 students
Other schools in SCOTCH PLAINS
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High SchoolHigh · 1,562 students
- Malcolm E Nettingham Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Terrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 822 students
- William J. McGinn Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- J. Ackerman Coles Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Union County TechHigh · 502 students
Nearby schools
- Union County Career & Technical Institute0.0 mi · 67
- Union County Magnet High School0.0 mi · 297
- Academy For Allied Health Sciences0.0 mi · 308
- Academy For Performing Arts0.0 mi · 242
- Union County Tech0.0 mi · 502
- Terrill Middle School1.2 mi · 822
Frequently asked questions
About Academy For Information TechnologyHow large is Academy For Information Technology?
Academy For Information Technology enrolls approximately 307 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Academy For Information Technology serve?
Academy For Information Technology serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Academy For Information Technology?
Approximately 21.3:1 students per teacher at Academy For Information Technology.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Academy For Information Technology?
At Academy For Information Technology, the student body is approximately 31% White, 22% Hispanic, 11% Black, 30% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Academy For Information Technology in?
Academy For Information Technology is part of Union County Vocational-Technical School District.
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