Bergen County Technical High School, Paramus Campus

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Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus Campus
Address
285 Pascack Road

Paramus
,
Bergen County
,
New Jersey
07652

United States
Coordinates40°57′35″N 74°03′36″W / 40.959763°N 74.059929°W / 40.959763; -74.059929Coordinates: 40°57′35″N 74°03′36″W / 40.959763°N 74.059929°W / 40.959763; -74.059929
Information
TypeTechnical Public high school
School districtBergen County Technical Schools
NCES School ID340147000252[1]
PrincipalCarole Terrizzi
Faculty48.4 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment312 (as of 2019–20)[1]
Student to teacher ratio6.4:1[1]
Color(s)  Black
  Gold
Athletics conferenceBig North Conference
Team nameKnights[2]
Websitebcts.bergen.org/index.php/2016-05-10-17-30-50/paramus-campus

Bergen County Technical High School, Paramus Campus is a tuition-free public magnet high school in Paramus, serving students in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of the Bergen County Technical Schools, which also includes Bergen County Academies in Hackensack and the Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro Campus.

As of the 2019–20 school year, the school had an enrollment of 312 students and 48.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.4:1. There were 81 students (26.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 23 (7.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Athletics[]

The school offers various sports, where students play together with the other campuses of the Bergen County Technical Schools district under one consolidated set of teams. The boys' teams, called the Bergen Tech Knights, and the girls' teams, the Bergen Tech Lady Knights,[2] compete in the Big North Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Bergen and Passaic counties, and was established following a reorganization of the Northern New Jersey sports leagues by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[3] In the 2009–2010 school year, the school competed in the North Jersey Tri-County Conference, which was established on an interim basis to facilitate the realignment.[4] Before the realignment, Bergen Tech had been placed in the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League (NNJIL) at the start of the Fall 2006 athletic season. With 1,669 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,060 to 5,049 students in that grade range.[5] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group V North for football for 2018–2020.[6] Sports offered include: cross country, football, soccer, tennis, volleyball, cheerleading, basketball, bowling, indoor track, fencing, baseball, golf, lacrosse, softball, and track & field.[2] Students who wish to play a high school sport that is not offered can make accommodations with their town of residence, as appropriate.

Administration[]

Core members of the school's administration are:[7]

  • Jeremy Wertheim, Principal

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Bergen County Technical High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  3. ^ League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  4. ^ New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association League Memberships – 2009-2010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 24, 2011. Accessed August 14, 2017.
  5. ^ NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  6. ^ NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  7. ^ Administration, Bergen County Technical School - Paramus Campus. Accessed February 4, 2020

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