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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Burlington County Institute Of Technology Westampton Campus

The Burlington County Institute of Technology Westampton Campus (more commonly known as Westampton Tech) is a four-year countywide vocational-technical public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, as part of the Burlington County Institute of Technology. Located in Westampton, the campus is one of two high schools in the district, along with the Medford campus.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,215 students and 83.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1. There were 316 students (26.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 114 (9.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Athletics

The BCIT Westampton Panthers compete in the Burlington County Scholastic League, an athletic conference comprised of public and public high schools located in Burlington County and the surrounding counties that operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 938 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range.

Administration

The school's principal is Joseph Venuto. His administration team includes three assistant principals.

Notable alumni

  • Ant Clemons, singer-songwriter, who released his debut album Happy 2 Be Here in March 2020.

References

  1. ^ School data for Burlington County Institute Of Technology - Westampton, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Burlington County Institute of Technology Westampton, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  3. ^ League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  4. ^ NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  5. ^ Meet Your Administrators, Burlington County Institute of Technology. Accessed October 5, 2023.
  6. ^ Kuperinsky, Amy. "N.J.'s Ant Clemons went from waiting tables to working with Kanye West. Next up: The Grammys.", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 18, 2019. Accessed March 30, 2020. "Music was a constant for Clemons while growing up in Willingboro.... He also joined The Heritage Players and Showstoppers at Willingboro High School, though he was a student at Burlington County Institute of Technology in Westampton, where he studied graphic arts."