Hammarskjold Middle School
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Hammarskjold Middle School is a middle school for grades 6 and 7 in East Brunswick Township
, New Jersey
, as part of the East Brunswick Public Schools
. The school opened in 1961.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,466 students and 116.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student-teacher ratio
of 12.6.
During the 1994-96 school years, Hammarskjold Middle School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education
, the highest award an American school can receive.
This school's Academic Challengers won trophies last May in the regional Academic Challenge. The seventh graders, Shravan Balaji, Angela Bersani, Nikhil Gahlot, Shruti Nair, Emily Polinski, and Amil Vira won first place, beating the home team Jonas Salk. This team won second place the year before. The team that won second place consisted of Vishal Dhruva, Shravan Balaji, Akaash Duppatla, Shruti Nair, Jessica Cheng, and Angela Bersani.
East Brunswick Township, New Jersey
The town is located southwest of New York City and 48 miles northeast of Philadelphia.Lawrence Brook, a tributary of the Raritan River, runs along the western border of the township...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, as part of the East Brunswick Public Schools
East Brunswick Public Schools
East Brunswick Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district serving students from kindergarten through twelfth grade in East Brunswick, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States....
. The school opened in 1961.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,466 students and 116.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student-teacher ratio
Student-teacher ratio
Student-teacher ratio refers to the number of teachers in a school or university with respect to the number of students who attend the institution. For example, a student-teacher ratio of 10:1 indicates that there are 10 students for every one teacher...
of 12.6.
During the 1994-96 school years, Hammarskjold Middle School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
, the highest award an American school can receive.
This school's Academic Challengers won trophies last May in the regional Academic Challenge. The seventh graders, Shravan Balaji, Angela Bersani, Nikhil Gahlot, Shruti Nair, Emily Polinski, and Amil Vira won first place, beating the home team Jonas Salk. This team won second place the year before. The team that won second place consisted of Vishal Dhruva, Shravan Balaji, Akaash Duppatla, Shruti Nair, Jessica Cheng, and Angela Bersani.
External links
- Hammarskjold Middle School web site
- East Brunswick Public Schools
- Data for the East Brunswick Public Schools, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...