Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
| Bridgewater-Raritan Regional District | |
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836 Newmans Lane Bridgewater, NJ 08807 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°36′11″N 74°34′06″W / 40.602991°N 74.568287°WCoordinates: 40°36′11″N 74°34′06″W / 40.602991°N 74.568287°W |
| District information | |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Superintendent | Russell M. Lazovick |
| Business administrator | Peter Starrs |
| Schools | 11 |
| Students and staff | |
| Enrollment | 8,691 (as of 2014-15) |
| Faculty | 763.9 FTEs |
| Student-teacher ratio | 11.4:1 |
| Other information | |
| District Factor Group | I |
| Website | http://www.brrsd.org |
The Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from the municipalities of Bridgewater Township and Raritan Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. All of the school facilities are in Bridgewater, except for John F. Kennedy School, which is in Raritan.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its 11 schools had an enrollment of 8,691 students and 763.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1. One of the largest suburban districts statewide, the district is the largest in Somerset County.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.
During the 1999-2000 school year, Bridgewater-Raritan High School received the National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.
For the 1997-98 school year, Bridgewater-Raritan High School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.
BRHS is one of only three high schools in the state to have received both awards.
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