The Bloomsbury School District is a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in preschool through eighth grade from Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury, New Jersey

Bloomsbury is a Borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 870.Bloomsbury was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 30, 1905, from portions of Bethlehem Township.The Borough of...

, in Hunterdon County

Hunterdon County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States.

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program

Interdistrict Public School Choice Program

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, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program. Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education

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As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's one schools had an enrollment of 140 students and 15.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.2.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered in Trenton.The Department is responsible for ensuring that...

 as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third 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.

Students in public school for grades nine through 12 attend Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg

Phillipsburg, New Jersey

Phillipsburg, known locally as P'burg, is a town in Warren County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 14,950....

, as part of a sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

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 with the Phillipsburg School District

Phillipsburg School District

The Phillipsburg School District is a comprehensive public school district in Phillipsburg, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district has a population of 16,000 people and an area of on the Delaware River...

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School

Bloomsbury Public School served an enrollment of 140 students as of the 2008-09 school year.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Michael Slattery, Superintendent
• Tim Mantz, Business Administrator

External links

• Bloomsbury School District
• Data for the Bloomsbury School District, National Center for Education Statistics
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• Phillipsburg High School