Bergen County Academies
| Bergen County Academies | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
200 Hackensack Avenue , , 07601 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°54′08″N 74°02′05″W / 40.902203°N 74.034742°W |
| Information | |
| Former name | Bergen Academies |
| Type | Public magnet high school |
| Established | 1991 |
| Founder | John Grieco |
| School district | Bergen County Technical Schools |
| CEEB code | 310118 |
| NCES School ID | 340147000250 |
| Principal | Russell Davis |
| Faculty | 93.0 FTEs |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,130 (as of 2024–25) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.2:1 |
| Colors | Black Vegas gold White |
| Athletics conference | Big North Conference (general) North Jersey Super Football Conference (football) |
| Team name | Knights |
| Newspaper | Academy Chronicle |
| Website | bergen |
Bergen County Academies (BCA) is a tuition-free public magnet high school located in Hackensack, New Jersey, that serves students in the ninth through twelfth grades from all of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school was founded in 1991 by John Grieco, who also founded the public magnet high school Academies at Englewood in Englewood, New Jersey.
The school is currently organized into seven academies: Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology (AAST), Academy for Business and Finance (ABF), Academy for Culinary Arts and Hospitality Administration (ACAHA), Academy for Engineering and Design Technology (AEDT), Academy for Medical Science Technology (AMST), Academy for Technology and Computer Science (ATCS), and Academy for Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA).
BCA has been recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School, a member of the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools, home of eleven 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars including two Finalists, and a Model School in the Arts as named by the New Jersey Department of Education.
As of the 2024–25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,130 students and 93.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1. There were 98 students (8.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 12 (1.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.