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Mendham Borough Schools

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Grades
  
K-8

Business administrator
  
James Rollo

Student-teacher ratio
  
11.62:1

Number of students
  
640 (2012–2013)

Faculty
  
55.1

Superintendent
  
Mitzi N. Morillo

Enrollment
  
640 (as of 2012-13)

District Factor Group
  
J

Schools
  
2

The Mendham Borough Schools are a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Mendham Borough, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

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Map of Mendham Borough, NJ 07945, USA

As of the 2012-13 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 640 students and 55.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.62:1.

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend West Morris Mendham High School, which is located in Mendham Borough and is part of the West Morris Regional High School District. Students in the district come from the surrounding Morris County school districts of Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township and from Washington Township. As of the 2013-14 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,421 students and 102.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9:1.

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

Mendham Borough Schools made news in February 2014 when former superintendent Janie Edmonds received a $124,593 annual pension after having served in her role for 7 1/2 years, making her among the highest-paid retired public employees in New Jersey.

Schools

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

Elementary school
  • Hilltop Elementary School with 323 students in grades K-4
  • David Heller, Principal
  • Middle school
  • Mountain View Middle School with 317 students in grades 5-8
  • Charles Seipp, principal
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Mitzi N. Morillo, Superintendent
  • James Rollo, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • References

    Mendham Borough Schools Wikipedia