| Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Dr. Michael Schilder | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Peter Starrs | ||||
| Address: | 836 Newmans Lane Bridgewater, NJ 08807 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 11 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 9,128 (as of 2008-09)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 805.0 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 11.3 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | I | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.brrsd.k12.nj.us | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $12,704 | 43 | $13,632 | -6.8% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 7,986 | 64 | 8,035 | -0.6% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,821 | 45 | 2,166 | -15.9% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,112 | 13 | 1,379 | -19.4% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,533 | 53 | 1,674 | -8.4% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 222 | 50 | 258 | -14.0% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 55,083 | 33 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105 |
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The Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District is a regional public school district serving the municipalities of Bridgewater Township and Raritan Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. All of the school facilities are in Bridgewater, except for John F. Kennedy School, which is in Raritan.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 9,128 students and 805.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3.[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]
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During the 1999-2000 school year, Bridgewater-Raritan High School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[4]
For the 1997-98 school year, Bridgewater-Raritan High School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.[5]
BRHS is one of only three high schools in the state of New Jersey to have received both awards.[6]
Bridgewater Middle school students qualified to participate in NJ state Mathcounts for 2011.
Bridgewater Middle school students placed 4th in state science bowl competition for 2011 held at Princeton Plasma Lab. Science bowl is a science competition sponsored by United States Department of Energy, involving general, physical, life, earth and mathematics.
The Bridgewater Middle School Academic team has also won the A.T.O.M.S tournament for 2 years in a row -2010 and 2011.
Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:
From the early 1960s to the early 1990s, the Bridgewater-Raritan district had two high schools, known as "East" and "West." The current unified high school is on the "West" site, and the former "East" building is now the Middle School.
Schools that have been closed since the 1980s include:
Adamsville School, now an elementary school, was a middle school until the 1980s. Eisenhower and Hillside Schools, now intermediate schools, were both middle schools until 1995.
The district's nine-member Board of Education is apportioned by population between Bridgewater and Raritan. Since the early 1990s, Bridgewater has elected eight of the board members and Raritan has elected one. The current board president is Evan Lerner and the vice president is Patrick Breslin, both of Bridgewater.
Core members of the district's administration are:[8][9]
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