SCHOOLS

In 2002, 1,030 K-8th grade students in Long Hill Township attend the three schools operated by the Township School District under control of its local Board of Education.

All eighth grade students take the New Jersey "Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment" test. There are 99 middle schools in the state in Long Hill's socioeconomic category ("I" on a scale of "A" to "J"). The results of the 2000 testing at Central School are compared to those 99 schools, and the comparison shows that Central School had:

the HIGHEST percentage of students rated as "Advanced Proficient" in Language Arts Literacy,
the 8th highest percentage of students rated as "Advanced Proficient" in Science,
the 20th highest percentage of students rated as "Advanced Proficient" in Mathematics, and
the HIGHEST COMPOSITE percentage of students who scored as "Advanced Proficient" among the 99 comparable middle schools in the state.

In the 2002 testing of 8th graders, Central School students had the highest average score in the state in Language Arts Proficiency, and 61% of the students were ranked as "Advanced Proficient". (Contrast that to all schools in the "I" DFG. The average for the 99 schools in the category was 19% "Advanced Proficient".)

About 300 elementary school students attend St. Vincent de Paul school in Stirling.

High school students attend Watchung Hills Regional High School which is one mile south of the township's border, in Warren, New Jersey.

The (1999-2000) average SAT scores at WHRHS ranked 4th among the 18 High Schools serving Morris County communities.
11th graders took the New Jersey High School Proficiency Test in the fall of 2000. 95.9 percent passed the exam. This was the highest percentage among all the public high schools in Somerset County, and would be slotted as the 5th highest percentage among all the public high schools in Morris County.

A list of websites for all the (public, community, private and 4-year proprietary) colleges in New Jersey, courtesy of the Commission on Higher Education.

Budget, statistical, faculty and demographic information is in the District Report Card Courtesy of the Courier-Post.
Greater detail (but no comparisons) on the NJ State website
Standard Test Scores compared to other nearby districts: ESPA (4 th grade) GEPA (8th grade) Courtesy of the Courier-News.

EMERGENCY CLOSING INFORMATION
recorded message: 908-626-9006 call after 6:30 AM		Notices on the Long Hill Board of Education website
		WABC-TV 7Online.com Morris County School Closing List
1070 AM WKMB	1250 AM WMTR	1260 AM WBUD	105.5 FM WDHA

LONG HILL TOWNSHIP SCHOOL BUILDINGS

GILLETTE SCHOOL - K-1


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759 Valley Road, Gillette
908-647-2313

MILLINGTON SCHOOL - 2-5

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91 Northfield Road, Millington
908-647-2312

CENTRAL SCHOOL - 6-8


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90 Central Avenue, Stirling
908-647-2311

	The bell from the Elm Street School is now at Gillette School near the Board of Education Offices. (Original Elm Street School buildings: wooden schoolhouse 1888-1910; "new" brick building used 1910-1972, and until 1996 as Board of Education offices; now renovated as a privately-owned office building).

SCHOOLS

LONG HILL TOWNSHIP SCHOOL BUILDINGS

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