Fredon Township School District

Fredon Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade from Fredon Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.

Contents

• Map of Fredon Township School District Fredon Township NJ 07860 USA
• Awards and recognition
• Schools
• Administration
• References

Map of Fredon Township School District, Fredon Township, NJ 07860, USA

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 534 students and 23.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 22.8:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.

Students in seventh through twelfth grade for public school attend Kittatinny Regional High School located in Hampton Township, which serves students who reside in Fredon Township, Hampton Township, Sandyston Township, Stillwater Township and Walpack Township. The high school is located on a 96-acre (39 ha) campus in Hampton Township, about seven minutes outside of the county seat of Newton. As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,079 students and 97.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1. Kittatinny Regional High School was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1997-98.

In the wake of protests by parents about the exposure of students to electromagnetic fields and threats by the district to close the school, PSE&G agreed in 2011 to contribute $950,000 towards a construction project that would relocate a playground situated near high voltage lines that pass by the school.