The Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District is a consolidated public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through sixth grade from two communities in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. Students come from Sandyston Township and Walpack Township. The school is located in Layton.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 160 students and 16.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.7.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth 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.
Public school students of middle and high school age in grades 7-12 attend Kittatinny Regional High School located in Hampton Township, which also serves students from Fredon Township and Stillwater Township.
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