The Bedminster Township School District is a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Bedminster Township

Bedminster Township, New Jersey

Bedminster Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 8,165....

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 607 students and 64 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.48.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

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 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.

Public school students in grades 9-12 attend Bernards High School

Bernards High School

Bernards High School is a comprehensive four-year regional public high school in Somerset County, New Jersey. The school is part of the Somerset Hills Regional School District, a regional K–12 school district that consists of the participating municipalities of Bernardsville, Far Hills and...

, as part of a sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

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 with the Somerset Hills Regional School District

Somerset Hills Regional School District

The Somerset Hills Regional School District is a comprehensive regional K–12 public school district serving students from four communities in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States...

, a K - 12 district that also serves students from Bernardsville

Bernardsville, New Jersey

Bernardsville is a borough and affluent suburb in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Bernardsville has the 10th-highest per capita income in the state. Nationwide, Bernardsville ranks 75th among the 100 highest-income places in the United States...

, Far Hills

Far Hills, New Jersey

Far Hills is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the population was 919.Far Hills was incorporated as a borough based on an Act of the New Jersey Legislature passed on April 7, 1921, from portions of Bernards Township, subject to the results...

 and Peapack-Gladstone

Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey

Peapack and Gladstone is a borough in Somerset County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the borough population was 2,582...

.

School

• Bedminster Township Public School had an enrollment of 607 students in the 2009-10 school year.
  • Christine McCann, Principal

Sport

• Bedminster Township Public School offers a variety of competitive sports. They have had most notable success in Boys and Girls Basketball. The school keeps a close link with its parent high school, Bernards High School
  Bernards High School
  Bernards High School is a comprehensive four-year regional public high school in Somerset County, New Jersey. The school is part of the Somerset Hills Regional School District, a regional K–12 school district that consists of the participating municipalities of Bernardsville, Far Hills and...
  
  . In 2004, Rohin Lalli was touted as being the next soccer star, however, Lalli moved to England and went onto play semi-professionally for Altrincham FC and currently is competing with his University Track Team.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Andrew Rinko, Superintendent
• Philip J. Acosta, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Bedminster Township Public School
• Data for the Bedminster Township Public School, National Center for Education Statistics
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