sˈɪns ɪts ɪstˈæblɪʃmənt ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti wˈʌn, hˈaɪ tˈɛk hˈaɪ skˈuːl hˈæzbiːn nˈeɪmd ɐ tˈɑːp tˈɛn hˈaɪ skˈuːl, ɐ ɡˈʌvɚnɚz skˈuːl ʌv ˈɛksələns, ɐ nˈuː dʒˈɜːsi stˈɑːɹ skˈuːl twˈaɪs ænd hˈæzbiːn sˈaɪɾᵻd baɪ nˈuː dʒˈɜːsi mˈʌnθli mˌæɡɐzˈiːn æz wˈʌn ʌvðə stˈeɪtz ɡɹˈeɪt pˈʌblɪk hˈaɪ skˈuːlz.
Since its establishment in 1991, High Tech High School has been named a Top Ten High School, a Governor's School of Excellence, a New Jersey Star School (twice) and has been cited by New Jersey Monthly magazine as one of the state's great public high schools.