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Union Township School District

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Grades
  
K-8

Business administrator
  
Edward Kent (interim)

Student-teacher ratio
  
17.1:1

Number of students
  
752 (2014–2015)

Faculty
  
44

Superintendent
  
Dr. Ed Hoffman

Enrollment
  
752 (as of 2014-15)

District Factor Group
  
GH

Schools
  
2

The Union Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Union Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. A new elementary school, named "Union Township Elementary School", opened for the 2006-2007 school year. The older building was renamed Union Township Middle School.

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Map of Union Township School District, Union Township, NJ, USA

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 752 students and 44.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.1:1.

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.

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, which also serves students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township and Lebanon Borough. As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,747 students and 134.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.0:1. The school is part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, which also includes students from Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township, who attend Voorhees High School in Lebanon Township.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Elementary school
  • Union Township Elementary School (grades K-4; 235 students)
  • Dr. Ed Hoffman, Principal
  • Middle school
  • Union Township Middle School (5-8; 240)
  • Frances Suchovic, Principal
  • Extracurricular activities

    Union Township Middle School offers a wide variety of after school activities; student council, drama club, volleyball, baseball, softball, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, cheerleading, cross-country, science club, computer club, as well as art club along with National Junior Honor Society.

    Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Dr. Ed Hoffman, Superintendent
  • Edward Kent, Interim Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • References

    Union Township School District Wikipedia