The Union County Vocational Technical Schools (UCVTS) are a grouping of schools on the Union County Vocational Technical Schools Campus in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, United States, which offers six potential programs to the student, five at the High School level and one at the adult education level. The High school level programs are separated into two groups, full-time students and shared-time students; and the full-time programs are further subdivided into the vocational program and career academies.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,101 students and 118 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.33.
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