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Academy for Performing Arts

2008 establishments in New JerseyEducational institutions established in 2008Magnet schools in New JerseyPublic high schools in Union County, New JerseyScotch Plains, New Jersey
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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 2008–2009 school year. While the school originally offered two majors; theatre and dance; a program in technical theatre was added in the 2015–2016 school year. The school is part of the Union County Vocational Technical Schools (UCVTS), which serves students in all of Union County. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 2017.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 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 234 students and 13.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.2:1. There were 8 students (3.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 1 (0.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

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