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Grades
  
pre-K to 12

Business administrator
  
David Oliveira

Student-teacher ratio
  
14.12:1

Number of students
  
7,287

Faculty
  
516.2

Superintendent
  
Teresa M. Rafferty

Enrollment
  
7,287 (as of 2011-12)

District Factor Group
  
GH

Schools
  
10

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The Piscataway Township Schools are a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Piscataway Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. In addition to its high school, there are four schools for K-3, two intermediate schools serving grades 4-5, and three middle schools for students in grades 6-8. As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's 10 schools had an enrollment of 7,287 students and 516.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.12:1.

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Map of Piscataway Township Schools, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854, USA

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.

Awards and recognition

For the 1999-2000 school year, Conackamack Middle School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.

The district was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Music Education in America 2005" by the American Music Conference.

NAMM named the district in its 2009 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 124 school districts nationwide.

Piscataway High School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.

Schools

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

Elementary schools (PreK/K-3)
  • Eisenhower Elementary School 360 Stelton Road - 540 students in K-3
  • Grandview Elementary School 130 North Randolphville Road - 730 students in PreK-3
  • Knollwood Elementary School 333 Willow Avenue - 499 students in K-3
  • Randolphville Elementary School One Suttie Avenue - 557 students in K-3
    • Intermediate schools (4-5)
  • Arbor Intermediate School 1717 Lester Place - 556 students
  • Martin Luther King Intermediate School 5205 Ludlow Street - 551 students
    • Middle schools (6-8)
  • Conackamack Middle School 5205 Witherspoon Street - 433 students
  • Quibbletown Middle School 99 Academy Street - 579 students
  • Theodore Schor Middle School 243 North Randolphville Road - 606 students
    • High school (9-12)
  • Piscataway Township High School 100 Behmer Road - 2,239 students

    • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Teresa M. Rafferty, Superintendent
  • David Oliveira, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

    • References

    Piscataway Township Schools Wikipedia
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