Schools
The district has a central kindergarten, along with six grade 1 - 5 elementary schools and two grade 6 - 8 middle schools divided by a "North Side / South Side" boundary, as well as a single high school. The schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are as follows:
- Kindergarten
- Lincoln School (285 students)
- Elementary Schools (Grades 1-5)
- Franklin Elementary School (633; North)
- Jefferson Elementary School (444; South)
- McKinley Elementary School (348; South)
- Tamaques Elementary School (426; South)
- Washington Elementary School (329; North)
- Wilson Elementary School (468; North)
- Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)
- Theodore Roosevelt Intermediate School (780; North)
- Thomas Alva Edison Intermediate School (759; South)
- High School (9-12)
- Westfield High School (1,796 students)
Because the Westfield Public Schools are in Union County, public school students may apply to attend the Union County Vocational Technical Schools. They include Union County Magnet High School, Union County Academy for Information Technology, Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences, Union County Vocational Technical High School and Union County Academy for Performing Arts.
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