The Hamilton Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Hamilton Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the district's 23 schools had an enrollment of 12,861 students and 912.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.10:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth 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.
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