West Milford Township Public Schools
| West Milford Township Public Schools | |
|---|---|
| 46 Highlander Drive West Milford, NJ 07480 |
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| District information | |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Superintendent | Anthony Riscica (interim) |
| Business administrator | Barbara Francisco |
| Schools | 8 |
| Students and staff | |
| Enrollment | 3,782 (as of 2011-12) |
| Faculty | 280.8 FTEs |
| Student-teacher ratio | 13.47:1 |
| Other information | |
| District Factor Group | FG |
| Website | http://www.wmtps.org |
The West Milford Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from West Milford, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's eight schools had an enrollment of 3,782 students and 280.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.47:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.
The district has six elementary schools (grades K-6), one middle school (grade 7-8), and one high school (grades 9-12), and also supports a Center for Adult/Community Education. The school system has 361 certified staff members, over 50% of whom have a master's degree or higher.
The old Newfoundland, two-room schoolhouse is now the Grasshopper Restaurant. The old Hillcrest School is now the township's community center. The few one-room schoolhouses are all gone; the last one was the Hewitt School, destroyed by fire set by vandals (it had been the former Methodist church before a new, larger church was built).
NAMM named the district in its 2009 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 124 school districts nationwide.
The district was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Music Education in America 2005" by the American Music Conference.
Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
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