Long Hill Township School System

School district in Morris County, New Jersey

Address

759 Valley Road Gillette, Morris County, New Jersey, 07933
United States

Coordinates

40°40′22″N 74°28′11″W / 40.672848°N 74.46978°W / 40.672848; -74.46978

District information

Grades

PreK-8

Superintendent

Anne Mucci

Business administrator

Daniel A. Borgo (interim)

Schools

Students and staff

Enrollment

894 (as of 2019–20)

Faculty

80.6 FTEs

Student–teacher ratio

11.1:1

Other information

District Factor Group

Website

www.longhill.org

Ind.	Per pupil	District spending	Rank (*)	K-8 average	%± vs. average
1A	Total Spending	$20,365	79	$18,891	7.8%
1	Budgetary Cost	15,958	78	14,159	12.7%
2	Classroom Instruction	8,946	58	8,659	3.3%
6	Support Services	3,236	82	2,167	49.3%
8	Administrative Cost	1,740	64	1,547	12.5%
10	Operations & Maintenance	2,025	78	1,612	25.6%
13	Extracurricular Activities	12	4	104	−88.5%
16	Median Teacher Salary	65,988	69	61,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. *Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Long Hill Township School System is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Long Hill Township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 894 students and 80.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.

Long Hill Township's high school students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren Township. Students from Long Hill Township and from the neighboring communities of Green Brook Township, Warren Township and Watchung (in Somerset County) attend the school. As of the 2019–20 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,948 students and 160.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2019–20 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Elementary schools

Gillette School with 223 students in grades PreK-1
- Lori Jones, principal
Millington School with 397 students in grades 2-5
- Jennifer S. Dawson, principal

Middle school

Central Middle School with 269 students in grades 6-8
- Michael Viturello, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

Anne Mucci, superintendent
Daniel A. Borgo, interim business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education is composed of nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.

References

^ District information for Long Hill Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2021.
Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 19, 2014.
Watchung Hills Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 4, 2016. "Close to 2150 students from Green Brook, Long Hill, Warren, and Watchung meet high academic standards and broaden their worldviews as they explore and take risks, discover their passions, and find individual pathways to success."
Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed June 4, 2016. "Watchung Hills ** 9-12 Receives 9-12 From Green Brook, Warren, Watchung, Longhill"
School data for Watchung Hills Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2021.
School Data for the Long Hill Township School System, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2021.
Our District, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed January 24, 2022.
School Performance Reports for the Long Hill Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
New Jersey School Directory for the Long Hill Township School System, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
Gillette School, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed January 24, 2022.
Principal, Gillette School. Accessed January 24, 2022
Millington School, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed January 24, 2022.
Principal, Millington School. Accessed January 24, 2022
Central Middle School, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed January 24, 2022.
Principal, Central Middle School. Accessed January 24, 2022
District Directory, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed January 24, 2022.
New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
Superintendent of Schools, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed January 24, 2022.
Business Office, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed January 24, 2022.
New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Long Hill Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 15, 2024. "The Board is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board consists of elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District." See "Roster of Officials" on page 12.
Board of Education, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed January 24, 2022.

External links

Education in Morris County, New Jersey

School
districts

K-6	Mine Hill Township
K-8	Boonton Township Chester Borough / Township Denville Township East Hanover Florham Park Hanover Township Harding Township Lincoln Park Long Hill Township Mendham Borough Mendham Township Morris Plains Mount Arlington Netcong Riverdale Rockaway Borough Rockaway Township Washington Township Wharton
K-12	Boonton Town Butler School District of the Chathams Dover Jefferson Township Kinnelon Madison Montville Township Morris School District Mount Olive Township Mountain Lakes Parsippany-Troy Hills Pequannock Township Randolph Township Roxbury
9-12	Hanover Park Regional Morris County Vocational Morris Hills Regional West Morris Regional
None	Victory Gardens (to Dover)

Public
high schools

Defunct	Chatham Borough Chatham Township Netcong

Private

Tertiary

County College of Morris

School districts by county:

by county: Atlantic; Bergen; Burlington; Camden; Cape May; Cumberland; Essex; Gloucester; Hudson; Hunterdon; Mercer; Middlesex; Monmouth; Morris; Ocean; Passaic; Salem; Somerset; Sussex; Union; Warren

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