Blairstown Township School District is a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in Blairstown Township, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States

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, that serves students in Kindergarten through sixth grade. Students from Hardwick Township

Hardwick Township, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,464 people, 502 households, and 410 families residing in the township. The population density was 40.1 people per square mile . There were 530 housing units at an average density of 14.5 per square mile...

, a non-operating school district, attend Blairstown Elementary School.

Students in grades 7 through 12 for public school attend the North Warren Regional High School

North Warren Regional High School

North Warren Regional High School is a public high school and regional school district, serving students in grades 7-12 in the townships of Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick, and Knowlton...

 in Blairstown, a public secondary high school, serving students from the townships of Blairstown, Frelinghuysen

Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,083 people, 722 households, and 578 families residing in the township. The population density was 88.9 people per square mile . There were 755 housing units at an average density of 32.2 per square mile...

, Hardwick

Hardwick Township, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,464 people, 502 households, and 410 families residing in the township. The population density was 40.1 people per square mile . There were 530 housing units at an average density of 14.5 per square mile...

, and Knowlton

Knowlton Township, New Jersey

- Local government :The Knowlton Township Committee consists of Mayor Frank Van Horn , Deputy Mayor Ronald Farber , Theresa Capriccio , René Mathez and Scott Odorizzi ....

.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 721 students and 50.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.3.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

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 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.

Schools

Blairstown Elementary School served 721 students in grades K-6, as of the 2008-09 school year.

• Rosemary Goodman - Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Mark Saalfield, Superintendent
• Molly Petty, School Business Administrator

External links

• Blairstown Township School District
• Data for the Blairstown Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
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• North Warren Regional School District
• North Warren Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics
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