The New Providence School District is a comprehensive community public school serving students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in New Providence in Union County, New Jersey, United States. Students from the unincorporated community of Murray Hill within the borough attend the New Providence school facilities.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 2,255 students and 171.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.14:1.
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.
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