Education
The communities of Caldwell and West Caldwell share a public school district, the Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools, a relationship that dates back to 1872, though formal consolidation of the districts was established in 1904. Schools in the district (with 2010-11 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are four K-5 elementary schools, all named for American Presidents — Jefferson School (291 students; located in West Caldwell), Lincoln School (232; Caldwell), Washington School (366; West Caldwell) and Wilson School (263; West Caldwell) — Grover Cleveland Middle School (621; Caldwell) for grades 6-8 and James Caldwell High School (811; West Caldwell) for grades 9-12. Students from West Caldwell and Caldwell are enrolled in an elementary school based on their home location, and students attend one middle school and one high school.
West Caldwell is home to West Caldwell Tech, which is part of the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools, offering vocational instruction to all high school students from across the county.
The West Essex Campus of Essex County College, which opened in 1978, is located in West Caldwell.
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