Mercer County Technical Schools

Mercer County Technical Schools (MCTS), also known as the Area Vocational Technical Schools of Mercer County, is a countywide vocational public school district based in Trenton and Pennington. 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 their home school for academic and other educational activities and then attends a technical school on a half-day basis. The district also offers full-time academies for those in high school that caters to specific academic areas of study.

Mercer County Technical Schools
1085 Old Trenton Road
West Windsor, NJ 08690
District information
MottoMagic Happens Here
Grades9-12 (Academy)
11-12 (Shared-Time)
SuperintendentMatthew C. Carey
Business administratorDeborah Donnelly
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment275 (as of 2020-21)[1]
Faculty134
Student–teacher ratio6.14:1
District mascotWizards
Other information
Websitehttps://www.mcts.edu
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
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 superintendent for the district is also the superintendent for the Mercer County Special Services School District.

Full-time schools

Schools in the district (with 2020-21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[3]) are:[4]

School Grades Number of students Location
Health Sciences Academy 9-12 98 Assunpink Center

1085 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, NJ 08690

STEM Academy 113 Arthur R. Sypek Center

129 Bull Run Road, Hopewell Township, NJ 08534

Culinary Arts Academy 61

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[5][6]

  • Mr. Matthew C. Carey, superintendent
  • Dr. Charles Powell, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction
  • Ms. Deborah Donnelly, school business administrator
  • Ms. Lisa Flynn, assistant school business administrator
  • Mr. Michael Orfe, director of vocational education
  • Mr. Alan Munford, principal, Assunpink Center
  • Mr. Jared Warren, principal, Sypek Center
  • Ms. Susan Conrad, assistant principal, Assunpink Center
  • Mr. Eric Palm, assistant principal, Sypek Center
  • Mr. Ryan Haimer, principal, adult evening programs

References
  1. District information for Mercer County Vocational School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 27, 2018.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ""Mercer County Technical Schools" - Search Results". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  4. New Jersey School Directory for the Mercer County Vocational School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  5. District Leadership, Mercer County Technical Schools. Accessed September 27, 2018.
  6. New Jersey School Directory for Mercer County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 5, 2015.
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