Tewksbury Township Schools
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173 Old Turnpike Road
, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 07830United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°42′17″N 74°46′27″W / 40.704782°N 74.774087°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK to 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Jennifer Shouffler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Heather Goguen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 485 (as of 2023–24)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 54.0 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 9.0:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Tewksbury Township Schools is a community public school district which operates two schools serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Tewksbury Township, in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3] The district and its schools are all located in Tewksbury Township, but have mailing addresses in Califon.
As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 485 students and 54.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.0:1.[1]
Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Voorhees High School in Lebanon Township (although the mailing address is Glen Gardner), which also serves students from Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge and Lebanon Township.[4][5][6] As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 753 students and 73.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1.[7] The school is part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, which also includes students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township who attend North Hunterdon High School in Annandale.[8][9]
In 2003, the district sold Sawmill, thecommunity's original elementary school, which opened in 1951, for $1 million to the Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission, along with its 7-acre (2.8 ha) site.[10]
The district had been 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.[11]
Awards and recognition
Tewksbury Elementary School was recognized in 2011 as a Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education.[12]
Old Turnpike School was one of nine schools in New Jersey honored in 2020 by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, which recognizes high student achievement.[13][14]
