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Hanover Township Public Schools

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Grades
  
K-8

Enrollment
  
1,493 (as of 2011-12)

District Factor Group
  
I

Schools
  
4

Business administrator
  
Vanessa M. Wolsky

Student-teacher ratio
  
12.44:1

Number of students
  
1,493

Faculty
  
120

Superintendent
  
Robert Mooney (Interim)

The Hanover Township Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Hanover Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

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Map of Hanover Township Public Schools, Hanover, NJ, USA

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,493 students and 120.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.44:1.

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.

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Whippany Park High School in the Whippany section of Hanover Township, as part of the Hanover Park Regional High School District, which also serves students from the neighboring communities of East Hanover Township and Florham Park, who attend Hanover Park High School in East Hanover. As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 707 students and 51.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.7:1.

Awards and recognition

During the 1998-99 school year, Bee Meadow Elementary School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Elementary schools (K-5)
  • Bee Meadow School (351 students)
  • Salem Drive School (308)
  • Mountview Road School (278)
  • Middle school (6-8)
  • Memorial Junior School (556)
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Robert Mooney, Interim Superintendent
  • Vanessa M. Wolsky, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • References

    Hanover Township Public Schools Wikipedia