Green Brook School District
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132 Jefferson Avenue Green Brook, NJ 08812 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grades | PreK-8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superintendent | Kevin Carroll | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business administrator | Heather Spitzer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Students and staff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Enrollment | 1,363 (as of 2014-15)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty | 77.6 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Student-teacher ratio | 17.6:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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District Factor Group | GH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | http://www.gbtps.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Green Brook School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Green Brook Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 1,363 students and 77.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.6:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education 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.[3]
Green Brook's public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren Township. Students from Green Brook and from the neighboring communities of Watchung, Warren Township (in Somerset County), and Long Hill Township (in Morris 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]
Awards and recognition
For the 1998-99 school year, Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon School Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[7]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10]
- Elementary school
- Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School[11] (grades PreK-4; 458 students)
- Susan Wardell, Principal
- Middle school
- Green Brook Middle School[12] (5-8; 439)
- Dr. James Bigsby, Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[13][14]
- Kevin Carroll, Superintendent of Schools
- Heather Spitzer, Business Administrator and Board Secretary
References
- 1 2 3 4 District information for Green Brook Township Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
- ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 2, 2015.
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ School data for Warren Hills Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
- ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed March 28, 2011.
- ↑ School Data for the Green Brook School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
- ↑ 2016-2017 Somerset County Public School Directory, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed May 19, 2017.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Green Brook School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
- ↑ Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School, Green Brook Township Public Schools. Accessed March 2, 2017.
- ↑ Green Brook Middle School, Green Brook Township Public Schools. Accessed March 2, 2017.
- ↑ Administration, Green Brook Township School District. Accessed March 2, 2017.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Somerset County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 2, 2015.
External links
- Green Brook School District
- Green Brook School District's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the Green Brook School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- Watchung Hills Regional High School website
- Green Brook Schools' Alumni Site
Coordinates: 40°36′13″N 74°28′01″W / 40.6035°N 74.466842°W