The Upper Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Upper Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.
Students from Corbin City, a non-operating district, attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,471 students and 116 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.68.
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.
Students from Upper Township attend Ocean City High School in Ocean City as part of a sending / receiving relationship with the Ocean City School District. 70% of students in Ocean City High School are from Upper Township.
Read more about Upper Township School District: Schools, Administration
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