Schools
Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
The Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood Center houses pre-kindergarten through first grade (391 students). This school opened in 1997 after the Berkeley Heights school district bought the former Westlake School property. The concept of a pre-kindergarten - grade one school came about as a result of proposals to address school space issues in a way that would enhance the educational program in the district.
There are three elementary schools in the district, each of which houses students of grades two through five. These schools are Thomas P. Hughes Elementary School (317), Mountain Park Elementary School (271) and William Woodruff Elementary School (222).
Columbia Middle School (625) is the single middle school in the district. It houses grades six through eight.
Governor Livingston High School is the single public high school in the district (1,035 students). It houses students in grades nine through twelve. In addition to serving the public school students of Berkeley Heights Township, high school students from the neighboring Borough of Mountainside are educated at the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Mountainside School District. Governor Livingston also provides programs for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Cognitively Impaired, of which students are enrolled from all over north-central New Jersey.
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