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

School district

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 that serves students in prekindergarten through eighth grade from Pohatcong Township

Pohatcong Township, New Jersey

Pohatcong Township is a Township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States, located in the easternmost region of the Lehigh Valley. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 3,339....

, in Warren County

Warren County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

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, United States

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.

Students in grade 9 - 12 attend Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg

Phillipsburg, New Jersey

Phillipsburg, known locally as P'burg, is a town in Warren County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 14,950....

, which serves students from the Town of Phillipsburg as part of the Phillipsburg School District

Phillipsburg School District

The Phillipsburg School District is a comprehensive public school district in Phillipsburg, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district has a population of 16,000 people and an area of on the Delaware River...

. The high school also serves students from five sending communities: Alpha

Alpha, New Jersey

Alpha is a borough in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 2,369.Alpha was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature and signed by Governor Woodrow Wilson on June 26, 1911, from portions of Pohatcong...

, Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury, New Jersey

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 (in Hunterdon County

Hunterdon County, New Jersey

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), Greenwich Township

Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey

Greenwich Township is a Township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 5,712. The township is located in the far eastern region of the Lehigh Valley....

, Lopatcong Township

Lopatcong Township, New Jersey

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 and Pohatcong Township.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 358 students and 29.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

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 as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth 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.

Schools

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

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) are:

• Pohatcong Township Elementary School for K to grade 8 (358 students)

Administration

Core members of the districts' administration are:

• Diane Mandry, Superintendent
• Tim Mantz, Business Administrator
• Daniel Patton, Principal

External links

• Pohatcong Township Elementary School
• Data for the Pohatcong Township Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics
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• Phillipsburg High School