Sussex County Technical School

Sussex County Technical School operates as a cozy senior high in Sparta, New Jersey, operated by Sussex County Technical School District. Current enrollment sits at 672 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 929 students per school, that is 28% smaller than typical.

Sussex County Technical School is a school of Sussex County Technical School District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Sussex County Technical School reports that White students make up the majority at 77%; the rest is composed of 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, The school lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 24% of students at Sussex County Technical School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sussex County Technical School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 53.3%; Sussex County Technical School posts 33.3%, -20.0 points below that line.

Across the wider county, Sussex County reports that the typical household earns roughly $116,186 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Sussex County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students), of which Sussex County Technical School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Northern Hills Academy, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sussex County Technical School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.2%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Sussex County Technical School's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 770 (now 672). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 91% to 77%.

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