Highlands School District
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The Highlands School District is a community public school district
School district
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 that serves students in Kindergarten through sixth grade in Highlands
Highlands, New Jersey
Highlands is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 5,005. It is the home town of film maker, director, and comic book writer Kevin Smith. The eastern part of the town is built on a high bluff that overlooks Sandy...

, in Monmouth County
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, New Jersey
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, United States
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.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 167 students and 19.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.7.

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 "CD", the sixth 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.

For grades 7-12, students attend Henry Hudson Regional High School
Henry Hudson Regional High School
Henry Hudson Regional High School is a comprehensive regional public high school and school district which serves students in grades 7-12 from two communities in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States...

, a comprehensive six-year high school and regional public school district
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

 that serves students from both Atlantic Highlands
Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
Atlantic Highlands is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey in the Bayshore Region. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 4,385...

 and Highlands. The district served a total enrollment of 437 students in the 2008-09 school year.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:
  • William O. George III, Interim Superintendent
  • Christopher Mullins, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

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