West Caldwell Tech

West Caldwell Tech
Address
Map
620 Passaic Avenue

, ,
07006

United States
Coordinates40°44′23″N 74°10′55″W / 40.739794°N 74.181867°W / 40.739794; -74.181867
Information
TypeVocational Public high school
School districtEssex County Vocational Technical Schools
NCES School ID340480002080[1]
PrincipalAyisha Ingram-Robinson
Faculty39.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment344 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio8.8:1[1]
Color(s)  Red
  White and
  Blue[2]
Athletics conferenceIndependent
Team nameEagles[2]
Websitewww.essextech.org/west-caldwell-tech/

West Caldwell Tech is a regional public high school located in West Caldwell, that offers occupational and academic instruction for students in ninth through twelfth grades in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 344 students and 39.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.8:1. There were 219 students (63.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 53 (15.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

The students and staff of West Caldwell Tech used the former Bloomfield Tech High School facility while the West Caldwell school building was being renovated as part of a $30 million project. Officials celebrated the official reopening of the renovated West Caldwell Tech with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in October 2021.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Essex County West Caldwell Tech, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "County cuts ribbon on new West Caldwell School of Technology", Essex News Daily, October 16, 2021. Accessed October 5, 2023. "A ceremonial ribbon was cut Thursday, Oct. 14, on the Essex County West Caldwell School of Technology, which received a $30 million makeover that included a new two-story addition and a complete renovation of the existing school building."