The Berkeley Heights Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Berkeley Heights in Union County, New Jersey.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 2,861 students and 228.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5.
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 Board of Education and administrative offices for the district are located in the original Columbia School building on Plainfield Avenue, adjacent to middle school building.
Read more about Berkeley Heights Public Schools: Schools, Administration
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