The Warren Hills Regional School District is a Grade 7-12 comprehensive public school district

School district

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 located in Warren County

Warren County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

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 that serves approximately 2,100 students from the municipalities of Washington Borough

Washington, New Jersey

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, Washington Township

Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey

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, Mansfield Township

Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 6,653 people, 2,334 households, and 1,750 families residing in the township. The population density was 222.3 people per square mile . There were 2,415 housing units at an average density of 80.7 per square mile...

 and Franklin Township

Franklin Township, Warren County, New Jersey

- Local government :Franklin Township is governed under the Township form of government with a five-member Township Committee. The Township Committee is elected directly by the voters in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for...

, along with students from Oxford Township

Oxford Township, New Jersey

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 who attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship

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.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 2,030 students and 153.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2.

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:

• Warren Hills Regional Middle School (grades 7 and 8; 643 students) - located in Washington Borough
  • Jack Paulus - Principal
  • David Smith - Assistant Principal
• Warren Hills Regional High School (grades 9 - 12; 1,387 students) - located in Washington Township. There was a large change in administration beginning in the 2010-11 school year as the previous principal and both assistant principals left the district. The new principal began his duties only one week before students began the school year.
  • Earl C. Clymer III - Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Thomas J. Altonjy, Superintendent
• Maureen Joyce, Business Manager

External links

• Warren Hills Regional School District website
• Data for the Warren Hills Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics
  National Center for Education Statistics
  The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...