Grades K-12 Business administrator Bryan P. Boyce Student-teacher ratio 12.43:1 Number of students 2,247 Faculty 180.8 | Superintendent Dr. Timothy J. Purnell Enrollment 2,247 (as of 2012-13) District Factor Group FG Schools 3 | |
The Somerville Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Somerville, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.
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Map of Somerville Borough, NJ, USA
As of the 2012-13 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 2,247 students and 180.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.43:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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 from Branchburg Township attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Branchburg Township School District.
Awards and recognition
Somerville Public Schools was voted one of the "100 Top Schools in Towns You Can Afford" in the January 1996 issue of Money magazine. Somerville High School was ranked as one of the "Top 75 Public High Schools" by New Jersey Monthly magazine in its September 1996 issue.
Somerville Public Schools was ranked #631 in The Daily Beast / Newsweek list of "America's Best High Schools 2012".
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2012-13 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are: