The Union County Vocational-Technical High School ("UCTech") is a full-time vocational public high school, located in Scotch Plains in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
[5] Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 18th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 6 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (98.3%) and language arts literacy (100.0%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
[6] As with all schools on the UCVTS campus classes run on a block scheduling system.
UCTech offers six career academies, which are distinguished by small cohorts of students, approximately 25 students per academy class that pursue vocational education within a specific field.
The academies are as follows:[7] The School of Design, School of Sustainable Sciences, and Teacher Education Academy spend their 12th grade year at Kean University,[8] focusing on their distinct career-focused academics.