OCVTS Performing Arts Academy information

Grunin Performing Arts Academy
Address
1 College Drive Toms River , Ocean County , New Jersey 08754 United States
Coordinates	40°00′34″N 74°09′55″W / 40.0095°N 74.1653°W / 40.0095; -74.1653
Information
Type	Magnet public high school
Established	September 2001
School district	Ocean County Vocational Technical School
NCES School ID	341198006122[2]
Principal	Christine Santasieri[1]
Faculty	25.0 FTEs[2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	270 (as of 2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	10.8:1[2]
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
Website	www.ocvts.org/gpaa/paa-academy.html

Ocean County Vocational Technical School Grunin Performing Arts Academy (or PAA for short) is a specialized, public high school program which concentrates heavily on the fields of performing arts such as dance, vocal music, and theater, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from all of Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located in Toms River on the campus of Ocean County College, it is the sister high school of the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Sciences, another full-time program that is also part of the Ocean County Vocational Technical School district. Because the school is a full-time program, students take both their performance major and academic courses at the school.^[4] The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools through July 2027.^[3]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 270 students and 25.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1. There were 14 students (5.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 7 (2.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[2]