The Alexandria Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district

School district

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 serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Alexandria Township

Alexandria Township, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 4,698 people, 1,535 households, and 1,290 families residing in the township. The population density was 170.6 people per square mile . There were 1,598 housing units at an average density of 58.0 per square mile...

, in Hunterdon County

Hunterdon County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

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, United States.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 622 students and 61.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

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 as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third 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.

Students in public school for grades 9 - 12 attend the Delaware Valley Regional High School

Delaware Valley Regional High School

Delaware Valley Regional High School is a regional, four-year public high school and school district, that serves students in western Hunterdon County. The high school is located in Alexandria Township...

, part of the Delaware Valley Regional High School District, which serves students in western Hunterdon County. Students from Alexandria, Holland

Holland Township, New Jersey

Holland Township is a township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 5,291....

 and Kingwood

Kingwood Township, New Jersey

- History :Kingwood Township is famous for the local captain who rounded up the boats for George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.-Demographics:...

 Townships along with the boroughs of Frenchtown

Frenchtown, New Jersey

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 and Milford

Milford, New Jersey

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 attend the high school.

Schools

The two schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:

• Lester D. Wilson School with 244 students in kindergarten through third grade
  • Sandra Kacedon, Principal
• Alexandria Middle School with 378 students in grades four through eight
  • David E. Pawlowski, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Matthew J. Jennings, Superintendent of Schools
• Barbara E. Prowker, School Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Alexandria Township School District
• Data for the Alexandria Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
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• Delaware Valley Regional High School District