The Florham Park School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Florham Park

Florham Park, New Jersey

Florham Park is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 8,857, which had grown to 12,389 as of the Bureau's 2008 estimate....

, in Morris County

Morris County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States

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.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,027 students and 81.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

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 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.

Students in grades 9 - 12 attend the Hanover Park Regional High School District

Hanover Park Regional High School District

The Hanover Park Regional High School District is a comprehensive regional public school district that serves students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Morris County, New Jersey, United States...

, attending Hanover Park High School

Hanover Park High School

Hanover Park High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from East Hanover Township and Florham Park, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Hanover Park Regional High School District...

 in East Hanover, together with students from East Hanover Township. The district also serves students from the neighboring community of Hanover Township

Hanover Township, New Jersey

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 at Whippany Park High School

Whippany Park High School

Whippany Park High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from the Township of Hanover, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Hanover Park Regional High School District...

 in the Whippany

Whippany, New Jersey

Whippany is an unincorporated area located within Hanover Township in Morris County, New Jersey. Whippany's name is derived from the Whippanong Native Americans, a tribe that once inhabited the area...

 section of Hanover Township.

Schools

The schools in the district (with 2008-09 school enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:

Elementary Schools

• Briarwood Elementary School (grades K-2, 353 students)
  • Sharon Maricle, Principal
• Brooklake Elementary School (grades 3-5, 340 students)
  • Susan Tietjen, Principal

Middle School

• Ridgedale Middle School (grades 6-8, 334 students)
  • Mark Majeski, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. William Ronzitti, Superintendent
• John Csatlos, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Florham Park School District
• Florham Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics
  National Center for Education Statistics
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• Hanover Park Regional High School District
• Hanover Park High School