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Grades
  
K-12

Business administrator
  
Donna Felezzola

Student-teacher ratio
  
12.42:1

Number of students
  
2,739

Faculty
  
220.6

Superintendent
  
Judith Rattner

Enrollment
  
2,739 (as of 2012-13)

District Factor Group
  
I

Schools
  
6

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The Berkeley Heights Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Berkeley Heights in Union County, New Jersey.

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Map of Berkeley Heights Public Schools, NJ, USA

As of the 2012-13 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 2,739 students and 220.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.42:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.

The district's high school serves public school students of Berkeley Heights, along with those from the neighboring Borough of Mountainside who are educated at the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Mountainside School District. Governor Livingston also provides programs for deaf, hard of hearing and cognitively-impaired students who are enrolled from all over north-central New Jersey.

The Board of Education and administrative offices for the district are located in the original Columbia School building on Plainfield Avenue, adjacent to middle school building.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2012-13 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Early childhood
  • Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood Center (PreK-1st grade; 340 students)
  • Elementary school
  • Thomas P. Hughes Elementary School (2-5; 272)
  • Mountain Park Elementary School (2-5; 261)
  • William Woodruff Elementary School (2-5; 224)
  • Middle school
  • Columbia Middle School (6-8; 618)
  • High school
  • Governor Livingston High School (9-12; 1,024 students)
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Judith Rattner, Superintendent
  • Donna Felezzola, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • References

    Berkeley Heights Public Schools Wikipedia