Long Hill Township School System

Long Hill Township School System
759 Valley Road
Gillette, NJ 07933
District information
Grades PreK-8
Superintendent Dr. Edwin Acevedo
Business administrator John F. Esposito
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,314 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 71.3 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 18.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website http://www.longhill.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,36579$18,8917.8%
1Budgetary Cost15,9587814,15912.7%
2Classroom Instruction8,946588,6593.3%
6Support Services3,236822,16749.3%
8Administrative Cost1,740641,54712.5%
10Operations & Maintenance2,025781,61225.6%
13Extracurricular Activities124104-88.5%
16Median Teacher Salary65,9886961,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Long Hill Township School System is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Long Hill Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its three schools had an enrollment of 1,314 students and 71.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 18.4:1.[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.[3]

Long Hill Township's high school students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren Township. Students from Long Hill Township and from the neighboring communities of Green Brook Township, Warren Township and Watchung (in Somerset County) attend the school.[4][5] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,286 students and 94.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8]

Elementary schools
  • Gillette School[9] (184 students; in grades PreK-1)
    • Principal: Lori Jones[10]
  • Millington School[11] (332; 2-5)
    • Principal: Jennifer Dawson[10]
Middle school
  • Central Middle School[12] (314; 6-8)
    • Principal: Michael Viturello[13]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][14]

  • Dr. Edwin Acevedo, Superintendent[15]
  • John F. Esposito, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Long Hill Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ Watchung Hills Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 4, 2016. "Close to 2150 students from Green Brook, Long Hill, Warren, and Watchung meet high academic standards and broaden their worldviews as they explore and take risks, discover their passions, and find individual pathways to success."
  5. ↑ Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed June 4, 2016. "WATCHUNG HILLS ** 9-12 RECEIVES 9-12 FROM GREEN BROOK, WARREN, WATCHUNG, LONGHILL"
  6. ↑ School data for Warren Hills Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Long Hill Township School System, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Long Hill Township School System, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ Gillette School, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed March 2, 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 District Directory, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed March 2, 2017.
  11. ↑ Millington School, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed March 2, 2017.
  12. ↑ Central Middle School, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed March 2, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Principal - Central Middle School". central.longhill.org. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  15. ↑ Superintendent of Schools, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed March 2, 2017.
  16. ↑ Business Office, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed March 2, 2017.

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