The Hopewell Township School District is a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Hopewell Township

Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Hopewell Township is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, in the United States. It is part of the Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes...

, in Cumberland County

Cumberland County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

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, United States

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.

The Shiloh School was closed after the end of the 2006-07 school year, and all students from Shiloh

Shiloh, Cumberland County, New Jersey

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 are being sent to the Hopewell Crest School as part of a sending/receiving relationship

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As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 572 students and 33.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.3.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

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 as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth 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.

Public school students in grades 9-12 attend Cumberland Regional High School

Cumberland Regional High School

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, which serves students from Deerfield Township

Deerfield Township, New Jersey

Deerfield Township is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland-Milleville-Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes...

, Fairfield Township

Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Fairfield Township is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes...

, Greenwich Township

Greenwich Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey

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, Hopewell Township, Shiloh Borough

Shiloh, Cumberland County, New Jersey

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, Stow Creek Township

Stow Creek Township, New Jersey

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 and Upper Deerfield Township

Upper Deerfield Township, New Jersey

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. The school is located in Upper Deerfield Township and is part of the Cumberland Regional High School District.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Terry Van Zoeren, Superintendent
• Sharon Archer, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Hopewell Crest School
• Data for the Hopewell Crest School, National Center for Education Statistics
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• Cumberland Regional High School