Berkeley Heights Public Schools
The Berkeley Heights Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Berkeley Heights in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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345 Plainfield Avenue
, Union County, 07922United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40.677107°N 74.440046°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | K-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Melissa Varley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | H. Ron Smith (interim) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 2,499 (as of 2020–21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 230.2 FTEs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 10.9:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 2,499 students and 230.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
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.
The district's high school serves public school students of Berkeley Heights, along with approximately 300 students from neighboring Borough of Mountainside who are educated at the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Mountainside School District that is covered by an agreement that runs through the end of 2021-22 school year. Governor Livingston provides programs for deaf, hard of hearing and cognitively-impaired students in the district and those who are enrolled from all over north-central New Jersey who attend on a tuition basis.