Washington Township School District (Warren County, New Jersey)


The Washington Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Washington Township, in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 407 students and 41.5 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education 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.
Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Warren Hills Regional School District, which also serves students from the municipalities of Franklin Township, Mansfield Township and Washington Borough, along with those from Oxford Township who attend for grades 9–12 only. Schools in the district are
Warren Hills Regional Middle School located in Washington Borough with 480 students in grades 7–8 and
Warren Hills Regional High School located in Washington Township with 1,066 students in grades 9–12.

Schools

Schools in the district are:
  • Port Colden School with 158 students in grades 1–3
  • *Jessica McDonagh, principal
  • Brass Castle School with 247 students in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and grades 4–6
  • *Jessica L. Garcia, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of seven members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for election each year held as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.