Hopewell Valley Regional School District | |
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425 South Main Street Pennington, NJ 08534 United States |
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Coordinates | 40°19′09″N 74°47′23″W / 40.319066°N 74.789816°WCoordinates: 40°19′09″N 74°47′23″W / 40.319066°N 74.789816°W |
District information | |
Grades | PreK-12 |
Superintendent | Dr. Thomas A. Smith |
Business administrator | Robert W. Colavita Jr. |
Schools | 6 |
Students and staff | |
Enrollment | 3,676 (as of 2014-15) |
Faculty | 331.9 FTEs |
Student-teacher ratio | 11.1:1 |
Other information | |
District Factor Group | I |
Website | http://www.hvrsd.org |
The Hopewell Valley Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from three communities in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The municipalities that are part of this district are Hopewell Borough, Hopewell Township and Pennington Borough.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its six schools had an enrollment of 3,676 students and 331.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
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.
In 2011, the district was named to the College Board's AP Honor Roll. The honor roll consists of the 388 U.S. public school districts that simultaneously achieved increases in access to AP courses for a broader number of students and also maintained or improved the rated at which their AP students enarned scores of 3 or higher on an AP Exam.
In 2004, the district was named to the American Music Conference's list of the "Best 100 Communities for Music Education in New Jeresey". The district has been recognized repeatedly for the high-caliber music and performing arts programs it offers.
NAMM named the district in its 2009 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 124 school districts nationwide.