Hillside Public Schools
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The Hillside Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district
School district
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 that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Hillside
Hillside, New Jersey
Hillside is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 21,404.Hillside was incorporated as a township on April 3, 1913, from portions of Union Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 29, 1913.The town...

, in Union 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 six schools had an enrollment of 3,107 students and 254.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2.

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.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics
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) are:

Elementary Schools
Middle School
High School
  • Hillside High School
    Hillside High School (New Jersey)
    Hillside High School is a comprehensive community four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hillside, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Hillside Public Schools....

     for grades 9-12 (915)

History

Hillside High School on Liberty Avenue was originally constructed in 1947, replacing the Coe Avenue (A.P. Morris) School which became a grammar school. Additions were later added to accommodate the baby-boomers of the 1950s and l960s. In the mid-sixties the high school held some 1,500 students.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:
  • Dr. Frank Deo, Interim Superintendent
  • Kenneth Weinheimer, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

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