The Salem County Vocational Technical Schools (SCVTS) is a countywide vocational and technical public school district, serving the educational needs of residents of Salem County, New Jersey, United States. The district offers programs on both a full-time and shared-time basis in cooperation and partnership with the county's elementary and secondary schools, local and regional colleges and universities, for both school-aged students and adults.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 533 students and 40.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.3.
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