Montgomery Township School District
| Montgomery Township School District | |
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| 1014 Route 601 Skillman, NJ 08558 |
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| District information | |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Superintendent | Nancy Gartenberg |
| Business administrator | Annette M. Wells |
| Schools | 5 |
| Students and staff | |
| Enrollment | 5,045 (as of 2012-13) |
| Faculty | 378.3 FTEs |
| Student-teacher ratio | 13.34:1 |
| Other information | |
| District Factor Group | J |
| Website | http://www.mtsd.k12.nj.us/ |
The Montgomery Township School District is a comprehensive public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Montgomery Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Rocky Hill is a non-operating school district whose school children attend the Montgomery Township schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship. Montgomery Township has been one of the fastest-growing school districts in New Jersey. In September 1992, the K-12 enrollment was 1,590 compared to 4,924 in September 2005, tripling in just more than a decade.
As of the 2012-13 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 5,045 students and 378.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.34:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the 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.
For the 1992-93 school year, Montgomery High School was formally designated as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. Montgomery Middle School was recognized as a Blue Ribbon School for the 1999-2000 school year.
The Montgomery Township School District has been ranked among the best schools in New Jersey. Montgomery Township's schools were ranked as "the best bang for the buck" (New Jersey Monthly magazine), referring to the high achievement of students with a relatively low spending per pupil (compared to other school districts in New Jersey). Montgomery High School was the 4th ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.
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