Bergen County Academies

Bergen County Academies
Address
Map
200 Hackensack Avenue

Hackensack
,
Bergen County
,
New Jersey
07601

United States
Coordinates40°54′08″N 74°02′05″W / 40.902203°N 74.034742°W / 40.902203; -74.034742
Information
Former nameBergen Academies
TypePublic magnet high school
Established1991
FounderJohn Grieco
School districtBergen County Technical Schools
CEEB code310118[2]
NCES School ID340147000250[1]
PrincipalRussell Davis
Faculty93.6 FTEs[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,116 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.9:1[1]
Color(s)  Black
  Vegas gold
  White[3]
Athletics conferenceBig North Conference (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team nameKnights[3]
NewspaperAcademy Chronicle[4]
Websitebergen.org/bergencountyacademies

Bergen County Academies (BCA) is a tuition-free public magnet high school located in Hackensack, New Jersey that serves students in the ninth through twelfth grades from Bergen County, New Jersey. The school was founded by John Grieco, also founder of the Academies at Englewood, in 1991.[5]

In 2021, Niche ranked BCA as the #1 best public high school in America.[6] BCA was also named as one of the 23 highest performing high schools in the United States by The Washington Post.[7] BCA is a National Blue Ribbon School, a member of the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools, home of eleven 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars including two Finalists, and a Model School in the Arts as named by the New Jersey Department of Education.[8][9][10]

The school is currently organized into seven academies: Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology (AAST), Academy for Business and Finance (ABF), Academy for Culinary Arts and Hospitality Administration (ACAHA), Academy for Engineering and Design Technology (AEDT), Academy for Medical Science Technology (AMST), Academy for Technology and Computer Science (ATCS), and Academy for Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA).

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,116 students and 93.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1. There were 39 students (3.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 29 (2.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Bergen County Academies, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ "Bergen County Academies Class of 2022 Profile" (PDF). Bergen County Academies Admissions. 2021. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Academy Chronicle - The student news site of Bergen County Academies". 2024.
  5. ^ Admissions Archived November 16, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Bergen County Academies. Accessed November 15, 2016.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". www.niche.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Mathews, Jay. "Top-performing schools with elite students" Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The Washington Post, April 4, 2014. Accessed April 9, 2016.
  8. ^ Class of 2020 Profile Archived October 16, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Bergen County Academies. Accessed October 16, 2019.
  9. ^ "2020 Regeneron STS Finalists". Society for Science & The Public. Archived from the original on January 30, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  10. ^ "2020 Regeneron STS Scholars". Society for Science & The Public. Archived from the original on January 30, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2020.