Education
Public school students in grades Kindergarten through 12 attend the Westwood Regional School District, a comprehensive regional school district serving students from both the Township of Washington and Westwood Borough. Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are four K-5 elementary schools (most were K-4 until Fall 2010) — Berkeley Avenue Elementary School (250 students; was K-4), Brookside Elementary School (418; was 5&6), Jessie F. George Elementary School (309; was K-4), Ketler Elementary School (314; was K-4, now defunct) and Washington Elementary School (257; was K-4) — Westwood Regional Middle School (grades 6 and 7, opened in Fall 2010) and Westwood Regional High School (1,179; 8-12, was 7-12).
Immaculate Heart Academy is a parochial, college preparatory, all-girls Catholic high school located on Van Emburgh Avenue, operating under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.
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