The Flemington-Raritan Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district in eastern Hunterdon County, New Jersey, which serves students in kindergarten through eighth grades from the neighboring communities of Flemington Borough and Raritan Township.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 3,769 students and 298.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.61:1.
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.
Upon graduation from eighth grade, students from both communities attend the Hunterdon Central Regional High School, part of the Hunterdon Central Regional High School District, which serves almost 2,800 students in central Hunterdon County.
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