The Garwood Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Garwood, in Union County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 411 students and 28.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.3.
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 in grades 9 - 12 attend Arthur L. Johnson High School in neighboring Clark as part of a sending/receiving relationship.
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