The Long Hill Township School System is a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade in Long Hill Township

Long Hill Township, New Jersey

-Local government:Long Hill Township is governed under the Township form of government with a five-member Township Committee. The Township Committee is elected directly by the voters in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for...

 in Morris County

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, New Jersey

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, United States

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As of the 2010-2011 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 951 students and 60.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.6.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

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 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.

Long Hill Township's public school students in grades 9-12 attend Watchung Hills Regional High School

Watchung Hills Regional High School

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. Students from Long Hill Township and from the neighboring Somerset County

Somerset County, New Jersey

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 communities of Green Brook Township

Green Brook Township, New Jersey

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, Warren Township

Warren Township, New Jersey

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 and Watchung

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 attend the school, which is located in Warren Township.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:
Elementary schools

• Gillette School (Grades K-1, 214 students)
  • Principal: Lori Jones
• Millington School (Grades 2-5, 459 students)
  • Principal: Jennifer Dawson

Middle school

• Central Middle School (Grades 6-8, 380 students)
  • Principal: George Villar

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Rene Rovtar, Superintendent
• John F. Esposito, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Long Hill Township School System
• Data for the Long Hill Township School System, National Center for Education Statistics
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• Watchung Hills Regional High School website