Mercer County Vocational School District

Mercer County Vocational School District
1085 Old Trenton Road
Trenton, NJ 08690
District information
Grades Vocational
Superintendent Dr. Kimberly J. Schneider
Business administrator Tanya Dawson
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 155 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 31.2 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 4.97:1
Other information
Website http://www.mctec.net
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		Vocational
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$25,21018$18,89133.4%
1Budgetary Cost20,2951817,29617.3%
2Classroom Instruction9,150129,0451.2%
6Support Services2,794182,26923.1%
8Administrative Cost3,557192,35351.2%
10Operations & Maintenance4,585213,01452.1%
16Median Teacher Salary59,657865,035
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of Vocational districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=21

The Mercer County Vocational School District is a countywide vocational public school district based in Trenton, serving the high school-aged population of Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The district's programs are offered on a shared-time basis, whereby a student is enrolled in his/her home school for academic and other educational activities and then attends a technical school on a half-day basis.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 155 students and 31.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 4.97:1.[1]

Awards and recognition

For the 2005-06 school year, the district was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "Culinary Arts Community Outreach" Career Education program at the Sypek Center Vocational School.[3]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Mercer County Vocational School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 23, 2006.
  4. ↑ School Data for the Mercer County Technical Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 5, 2015.
  5. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Mercer County Vocational School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 5, 2015.
  6. ↑ District Leadership, Mercer County Technical Schools. Accessed January 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Mercer County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 5, 2015.

Coordinates: 40°15′03″N 74°39′11″W / 40.250907°N 74.653046°W / 40.250907; -74.653046

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