Academy for Performing Arts | |
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1776 Raritan Road Scotch Plains, NJ 07076 |
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Type | Magnet public high school |
School district | Union County Vocational Technical Schools |
Principal | Dr. Charles Serson (interim) |
Faculty | 11.7 FTEs |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 184 (as of 2014-15) |
Student to teacher ratio | 15.7:1 |
Color(s) | Black, White, Silver |
Website | School webpage |
The Union County Academy for Performing Arts is a full-time four-year public magnet high school located in Scotch Plains, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, on the Union County Vocational Technical Schools Campus. Its first year was the 2008-09 school year. While the school originally offered two majors; theatre and dance; a program in technical theatre will be offered in the 2015-16 school year. The school is part of the Union County Vocational Technical Schools (UCVTS), which serves students in all of Union County.
The students are on the Union County Vocational Technical Schools Campus for the first three years of high school, while their senior year is spent at Kean University. While attending Kean, their courses follow the program for the first year in the performing arts concentration.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 184 students and 11.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.7:1. There were 12 students (6.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 3 (1.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
In 2016, the Academy for Performing Arts was one of ten schools in New Jersey, and one of two high school programs in the state, recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education.