Paterson STEAM High School is a four-year public high school in Paterson in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operated as part of the Paterson Public Schools. It is one of the academy programs serving students in ninth through twelfth grades offered by the school district.
| Paterson STEAM High School | |
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| Address | |
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764 11th Avenue , , 07514 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°55′10″N 74°07′58″W / 40.9194294°N 74.1328952°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Paterson Public Schools |
| NCES School ID | 341269003107[1] |
| Principal | Nellista Bess |
| Faculty | 31.0 FTEs[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 295 (as of 2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 9.5:1[1] |
| Website | steamhs |
As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 295 students and 31.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.5:1. There were 136 students (46.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 3 (1.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
History
editStarting in the 2021-22 school year, HARP Academy moved to the former Paterson Catholic High School facility, relocating from a downtown building it had occupied since 2016.[2]
Awards, recognition and rankings
editThe school was the 219th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[3]
In February 2016, HARP Academy was named one of New Jersey's Rewards School for High Performance, the only school in the county to be recognized for the award. The school received a one time grant in the amount of $50,000 to be used to enhance the school's existing Title I program.[4]
Administration
editThe school's principal is Nellista Bess. [5]
Notable alumni
edit- John Saldarriaga '11, physician associate
References
edit- ^ a b c d e School data for Paterson STEAM High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
- ^ Malinconico, Joe. "Paterson’s HARP Academy leaving city’s downtown at the end of January", Paterson Press, January 22, 2021. Accessed March 30, 2022. "City education officials have decided to move HARP Academy, a high school with about 290 students, out of the downtown Paterson office building where it has been since 2016.... Starting in September, HARP will be at the former Paterson Catholic building in the city’s Eastside neighborhood, Simmons said. The Paterson Catholic structure, owned by the New Jersey Schools Development Authority, has been used as temporary space for middle school classes."
- ^ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- ^ Malinconico, Joe. "Paterson's HARP Academy gets state recognition as top-performing school", Paterson Press, February 11, 2016. Accessed December 24, 2016. "HARP was the only school from Passaic County on the list.Officials said the reward was for HARP's performance during the 2014-2015 academic year. The state's criteria for inclusion on the list of 'Reward Schools With High Student Performance' are that more than 95 percent of the students attain proficiency levels on standardized tests, that its scores rank in the top 10 percent among schools with similar demographic profiles and that its graduation rate be higher than 90 percent."
- ^ Principal's Message, HARP Academy. Accessed March 30, 2022.