Wharton Borough School District | |
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137 East Central Avenue Wharton, NJ 07885 |
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District information | |
Grades | kindergarten-eighth grade |
Superintendent | Christopher Herdman |
Business administrator | Sandy Cammarata |
Schools | 2 |
Students and staff | |
Enrollment | 1,106 (as of 2014-15) |
Faculty | 75.6 FTEs |
Student-teacher ratio | 14.6:1 |
Other information | |
District Factor Group | DE |
Website | http://www.wbps.org |
The Wharton Borough School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Wharton, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 1,106 students and 75.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education 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.
Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Morris Hills High School, located in Rockaway Borough, and which also serves portions of Rockaway Borough and Rockaway Township. As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,202 students and 108.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1. The high school is part of the Morris Hills Regional High School District, which also includes students from Denville Township, who attend Morris Knolls High School along with students from parts of Rockaway Borough and Rockaway Township.