Livingston Public Schools

For the 1997-98 school year, Livingston High School received the National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[https://www.ed.gov/sites/ed/files/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)], United States Department of Education. Accessed December 1, 2024.

The district's high school was the 16th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.Staff. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/top-schools-alphabetical-list.html "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014"], New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014. The school had been ranked 24th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 20th in 2008 out of 316 schools.Staff. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-high-schools-2010.html "2010 Top High Schools"], New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 28, 2011. Livingston High School was the 14th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.[http://www.njmonthly.com/topschools/hslist.lasso Top Public High Schools in New Jersey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206015526/http://www.njmonthly.com/topschools/hslist.lasso |date=February 6, 2007 }}, New Jersey Monthly, September 2006.

The school was ranked 1038th nationwide, the 33rd-highest in New Jersey, in Newsweek magazine's 2010 rankings of America's Best High Schools based solely on the efforts among 27,000 US schools in making Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge (AICE) tests available to all students.Staff. [http://www.newsweek.com/content/newsweek/feature/2010/americas-best-high-schools/list.html "America's Best High Schools: The List"], Newsweek, June 13, 2010. Accessed March 28, 2011.[http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/13/america-s-best-high-schools-faq.html America's Best High Schools: The FAQ], Newsweek. Accessed March 28, 2011.

The district was among 367 school districts in the US to receive AP District of the Year Awards in the 2nd Annual Honor Roll[http://media.collegeboard.com/content/pdf/AP_2nd_Annual_Honor_Roll.pdf AP District of the Year Awards - 2nd Annual Honor Roll], College Board, 2012 - accessed January 22, 2012 and among 539 districts in the 3rd Annual Honor Roll.{{cite web|title=AP District of the Year Awards 3rd Annual Honor Roll|url=http://media.collegeboard.com/homeOrg/content/pdf/ap-honor-roll-20121113.pdf|publisher=College Board|accessdate=December 20, 2012}}

FemGineers (Female Engineering Club) is a program in Heritage Middle School to encourage female students to participate in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). The program was founded with 10 eight-grade girls to participate in engineering-based competitions. In the five-year period after the establishment of the program, the size of participant increased to 60 girls. The Board of Education of the Livingston Public Schools also supported the initiative by the mean of funding its technology lab. A review in 2013 by the American School Board Journal found that the program resulted in an improvement in standardized math test scores and more female students continued to enroll in higher-level math classes when they enter Livingston High School. However, the future career decisions for those participants are still yet to be seen. The journal awarded the program as one of the winners of the 2013 Magna Awards in the category of public school districts with 5,000 to 20,000 enrollments in the United States.{{cite journal|title=2013 Magna Awards|journal=American School Board Journal|date=2013|page=12|url=http://mydigimag.rrd.com/publication/?i=153853&p=12|accessdate=July 10, 2014}}

Additionally, the National School Boards Association listed the FemGineers program and the technology teacher in its "20 to Watch" in 2013 citing the program's attempt to address the gender equality concern in STEM initiatives.{{cite news|title=NSBA's Technology Leadership Network announces 2013 class of "20 to Watch"|url=http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2013/03/nsbas-technology-leadership-network-announces-2013-class-of-20-to-watch/|accessdate=July 10, 2014|work=School Board News Today|publisher=National School Boards Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914042607/http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2013/03/nsbas-technology-leadership-network-announces-2013-class-of-20-to-watch/|archive-date=September 14, 2014|url-status=dead}}

Livingston's schools participate in many county, interschool, state, and national competitions. Highlights of the accomplishments are:[https://www.livingston.org/cms/lib4/NJ01000562/Centricity/Domain/16/LBOE/Agenda%20(06-16-2008)/Proclamations%20Agenda%20(06-16-08).pdf Board of Education Proclamations Meeting Agenda], Livingston School District, June 16, 2008 - accessed April 19, 2009

• Harrison Elementary School and Mount Pleasant Middle School students won first place in the 2007 National Kids-in-Print Book Contest for Students and Essex County Poster Contest.
• Finalist of 2009 Cray-Pas Wonderful, Colorful World Contest[https://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2009/02/20/40140/PRESSRELEASEFinalistsl2009.xls Cray-Pas Wonderful, Colorful, World Contest 2009 - Finalists], Sakura of America, Accessed November 29, 2011.
• A student was a winner of the Third Arts Olympiad and was selected to represent New Jersey in 2007 World Children's FestivalGirls' visions of skis and skates earn Arts Olympiad honors, The Star Ledger, July 25, 2007, p.63
• Elementary school students were winners of 2004, 2006 and 2007 Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators ContestLivingston School District Special Meeting Agenda, June 7, 2004, Livingston Board of EducationLivingston School District Workshop Meeting Agenda, June 12, 2006, Livingston Board of EducationLivingston School District Meeting Agenda, June 18, 2007, Livingston Board of Education[https://web.archive.org/web/20041209233831/http://livingston.org/awards03-04.htm HONORS AND AWARDS 2003-2004], Livingston School District - accessed October 8, 2010[https://web.archive.org/web/20110605022828/http://www.thirteen.org/readytolearn/reading_rainbow/gallery_2004/surprise1.html Clara's Surprise By Shannon Colonna], WNET. Accessed March 8, 2010
• Livingston High School students won first-place awards in Pascrell Congressional Art Contest and Ducret School of Art Annual High School Student Art Show.
• In 2008, 2010 and 2012, Livingston High School students were selected to be part of the 120-member National High School Honors Orchestra that performs biennially at the American String Teachers Association National Conference.{{cite web|title=Proposed Budget for 2008 - 2009|url=https://www.livingston.org/cms/lib4/NJ01000562/Centricity/Domain/13/2008-2009_school_budget.pdf|publisher=Livingston Public Schools|accessdate=December 26, 2012}}{{cite web|title=National High School Honors Orchestra|url=http://www.astaweb.com/App_Themes/Public/Libby/NHSHO/2010NHSHOProgram.pdf|work=2010 American String Teachers Association National Conference|publisher=American String Teachers Association|accessdate=December 20, 2012}}{{cite web|title=National High School Honors Orchestra|url=http://www.astaweb.com/App_Themes/Public/Libby/NHSHO/2012NHSHOProgram.pdf|work=2012 American String Teachers Association National Conference|publisher=American String Teachers Association}}

• Elementary schools have been consistent winners of New Jersey State Bar Foundation Law Fair Mock Trial Competitions for grade 3 to 6. Riker Hill, Mount Pleasant, Harrison and Collins were winners of the competitions in 2000–2002, 2006–2010, and 2012–2013.{{cite web|title=Mock Trail Competition for Grade 3 through 6|url=http://www.njsbf.org/educators-and-students/programs/3-6-lawfair.html|publisher=New Jersey State Bar Foundation|accessdate=September 30, 2015|archive-date=January 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117183041/http://www.njsbf.org/educators-and-students/programs/3-6-lawfair.html}}{{cite web|title=Mock Trail Competition for Grade 3 through 6|url=http://www.njsbf.org/educators-and-students/programs/3-6-lawfair.html|publisher=New Jersey State Bar Foundation|accessdate=September 30, 2015|archive-date=September 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919050050/http://www.njsbf.org/educators-and-students/programs/3-6-lawfair.html}}
• Livingston High School students were winners from 2008 to 2012 at Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference. In 2012, national first place in Economics and Sport Management, and seventh place in Entrepreneurship.[http://www.fbla-pbl.org/web/page/589/sectionid/587/pagelevel/2/parentid/587/fbla.asp FBLA Competitive Events] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412112232/http://www.fbla-pbl.org/web/page/589/sectionid/587/pagelevel/2/parentid/587/fbla.asp |date=April 12, 2012 }}, FBLA-PBL - accessed July 29, 2012

• Mount Pleasant Middle School was first place national winner of Knowledge Master Open in 2007[http://greatauk.com/halloffame.html The KMO Hall of Fame] - accessed April 19, 2009 and fourth place national winner in 2008
• Heritage Middle School ranked #1 in New Jersey for Spring 2011 Knowledge Master Open. It was also ranked #19 out of 604 middle schools in the United States and other countries.[http://greatauk.com/kmom.pdf Spring 2011 Knowledge Master Open Middle School Division], Knowledge Master - accessed April 29, 2011
• Livingston High School received recognition for its AP Program as a 2006-2007 State High School winner of the Seimen's Award for Advanced Placement[http://www.siemens-foundation.org/pool/advanced_placement/2006_07APAwardWinners.pdf 2006-07 Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021123423/http://www.siemens-foundation.org/pool/advanced_placement/2006_07APAwardWinners.pdf |date=October 21, 2007 }},Siemens Foundation, Accessed April 19, 2009.

• Mount Pleasant Middle School ranked #2 out of 204 schools in 6th grade in 2008-2009 New Jersey Mathematics League contest[http://www.themathleague.com/downloads/nolastnames/NJ-GS-NLN-0809.pdf 2008-2009 CONTEST SCORE REPORT SUMMARY FOR GRADES 6, 7, AND 8]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }},New Jersey Mathematics League - accessed April 19, 2009
• Heritage Middle School was national first-place winner in the Continental Mathematics League/Euclidean Divisions 7 and 8
• Livingston High School ranked #1 in the league for the 2012 New Jersey Mathematics League contest[http://www.themathleague.com/downloads/hs1112/nj-hs6-1112.pdf April 2012 High School Score Report Summary], New Jersey Mathematics League, April 2012. Accessed April 13, 2012.
• Livingston High School has been consistent first-place winner of Essex County Math League from 1989 to 2009

• Mount Pleasant Middle School was ranked #2 in Northern New Jersey region in 2009 New Jersey Science Olympiad[http://www.njscienceolympiad.org/content/tournaments/2009/tournament_njit.html New Jersey Science Olympiad - NJIT Regional] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222201231/http://www.njscienceolympiad.org/content/tournaments/2009/tournament_njit.html |date=February 22, 2012 }}, New Jersey Science Olympiad, Accessed May 20, 2009.
• Heritage Middle School ranked #5 and #7 nationally in the Life Science and General Science respectively in National Science League
• Livingston High School was placed first in the state in Integrated and Advanced Integrated Science in 2008 Merck State Science Day[http://alpha.fdu.edu/~knapp/ssd/db77.html 2008 Merck State Science Day School Team Scores], Merck Institute for Science Education – accessed April 19, 2009
• Livingston High School has been the Northern New Jersey Regional Champion of New Jersey Science Olympiad from 2004 to 2009. Livingston school district is one of the only three districts that have both middle and high schools in top ten of State Championship Tournament in 2009.[http://www.njscienceolympiad.org/content/tournaments/2009/tournament_state.html New Jersey Science Olympiad - State Championship Tournament] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221122027/http://njscienceolympiad.org/content/tournaments/2009/tournament_state.html |date=February 21, 2009 }}, New Jersey Science Olympiad, March 17, 2009 – accessed April 19, 2009
• Livingston High School has produced 4 semifinalists and 1 finalist for the Intel Science Talent Search between 2008 and 2012[http://www.societyforscience.org/sts/results Intel STS Past Results] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120911194743/http://www.societyforscience.org/sts/results |date=September 11, 2012 }}, Intel Science Talent Search. Accessed April 13, 2012.
• A semi-finalist for the Google Science Fair in 2011[http://livingston.patch.com/articles/your-vote-counts-for-autism-research Your Vote Counts for Autism Research], Patch.com, May 11, 2011 - accessed April 13, 2012
• National Winner in the 2009 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology.[http://www.siemens-foundation.org/en/competition/2009_winners.htm Siemens Foundation – 2009 Winners], Siemens Competition. Accessed December 21, 2009. A regional finalist in 2010.[http://www.siemens-foundation.org/pool/siemens_competition/2010/2010_siemens_competition_regional_finalists_-_web_listing.pdf 2010 Siemens Competition Math : Science : Technology REGIONAL FINALISTS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613061743/http://www.siemens-foundation.org/pool/siemens_competition/2010/2010_siemens_competition_regional_finalists_-_web_listing.pdf |date=June 13, 2011 }}, Siemens Competition. Accessed May 10, 2012.
• A national finalist at 2012 USA Biology Olympiad[http://www.usabo-trc.org/usabo-results/2012_usabo_nf_by_state.pdf 2012 USA Biology Olympiad National Finalists]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Center for Excellent in Education - accessed May 10, 2012
• National Honors since 2010 in United States National Chemistry Olympiad.[http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/education/students/highschool/olympiad/CNBP_024865 2010 USNCO National Exam Top Students], USNCO - accessed May 10, 2012[http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/education/students/highschool/olympiad/CNBP_027256 2011 USNCO Top 152 Students], USNCO - accessed May 10, 2012 Two of the top twenty students in the US in 2012 were from Livingston High School.[http://livingston.patch.com/articles/lhs-students-rank-high-in-usa-chemistry-olympiad LHS Students Rank High in USA Chemistry Olympiad], Livingston Patch, May 9, 2012
• Regional finalists at Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition in 2007-08 and 2010-11[http://yes.collegeboard.org/yes-legacy/winners/2007-08-winners 2007-08 Winners], Young Epidemiology Scholars - accessed May 10, 2012[http://yes.collegeboard.org/yes-legacy/winners/2010-11-winners 2010-11 Winners], Young Epidemiology Scholars - accessed May 10, 2012

• Heritage Middle School was a finalist in the National Technology Student Association Conference.[https://www.thinkregistration.com/tsa1011/Results.aspx 2011 National TSA Conference Results], TSA - accessed December 10, 2011
• Heritage Middle School teams were winners in regional Future City Competition[http://www.ascenorthjerseybranch.org/futurecity/FCarchives.html Future City Competition New Jersey Region]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ASCE North Jersey Branch - accessed December 10, 2011
• Livingston High School's robotics team won at 2010-2011 FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship[http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/2010-2011-ftc-world-championship-award-winners 2010-2011 FTC World Championship Award Winners], usfirst.org - accessed April 13, 2012
• A team from Livingston High School competed in 2012 Shell Eco-marathon Americas among other high-school and university teams. Ranked 6th among high school teams in the Gasoline Powered Prototype category.[http://www.shell.com/home/content/ecomarathon/results/2012/ Live results], Shell - accessed April 13, 2012
• Livingston Public School is a winner of the 2013 Magna Awards by American School Board Journal for its female engineering club.{{cite web|title=Magna Awards|url=http://www.asbj.com/magna|publisher=American School Board Journal|accessdate=May 15, 2013}}

• Heritage Middle School students scored third and seventh in the nation for the 2011 National French Contest. Livingston High School students scored up to the third in the nation.
• Twenty-eight Livingston High School students placed in the top 10 positions in the state for the 2011 National Spanish Examinations{{cite web|title=Board of Education Voting Meeting Minutes, Monday, June 6, 2011|url=https://www.livingston.org/cms/lib4/NJ01000562/Centricity/Domain/16/2011-2012%20lboe%20agendas/Agenda%2007-18-2011/Minutes%2006-06-11.pdf|publisher=Livingston School District|accessdate=January 27, 2013}}

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics){{Cite web |title=Search for Public Schools - Search Results |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408820 |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=nces.ed.gov}} are:[https://www.livingston.org/Page/13114 Directory of Schools], Livingston Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2024.[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/13/2730 School Performance Reports for the Livingston Public Schools], New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/2730 New Jersey School Directory for Livingston Public Schools], New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.

;Elementary schools

• Burnet Hill Elementary School[https://www.livingston.org/burnethill Burnet Hill Elementary School], Livingston Public Schools. Accessed June 4, 2021. (433; Grade PreK-5)
• Lisa Barreto, principal
• Collins Elementary School[https://www.livingston.org/collins Collins Elementary School], Livingston Public Schools. Accessed June 4, 2021. (452; Grade K-5)
• Michelle Cebula, principal
• Amos W. Harrison Elementary School{{Cite web |title=Harrison Elementary School / Harrison Homepage |url=https://www.livingston.org/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.livingston.org%2Fsite%2Fdefault.aspx%3FDomainID%3D205 |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=www.livingston.org |language=en}} (453; grade K-5)
• Daniel Garcia, principal
• Hillside Elementary School[https://www.livingston.org/hillside Hillside Elementary School], Livingston Public Schools. Accessed June 4, 2021. (386; K-5)
• Carlos Gramata Jr., principal
• Mount Pleasant Elementary School[https://www.livingston.org/mpe Mount Pleasant Elementary School], Livingston Public Schools. Accessed June 4, 2021. (412; Grade K-5)
• Lorena Dolan, principal
• Riker Hill Elementary School[https://www.livingston.org/rikerhill Riker Hill Elementary School], Livingston Public Schools. Accessed June 4, 2021. (405; Grade K-5)
• . Justin Toomey, principal

;Middle schools

• Mount Pleasant Middle School[https://www.livingston.org/mpm Mount Pleasant Middle School], Livingston Public Schools. Accessed June 4, 2021. (486; Grade 6)
• Bronawyn O'Leary, principal
• Heritage Middle School[https://www.livingston.org/heritage Heritage Middle School], Livingston Public Schools. Accessed June 4, 2021. (1,029; Grade 7 and 8)
• Shawn Kelly, principal

;High school

• Livingston High School[https://www.livingston.org/lhs Livingston High School], Livingston Public Schools. Accessed June 4, 2021. (1,947;Grade 9-12)
• Danielle Rosenzweig, principal

Core members of the district's administration are:[https://www.livingston.org/Page/28804 District Administration], Livingston Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2024.[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/essex New Jersey School Directory for Essex County], New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.

• Daniel Fishbein, interim superintendent[https://www.livingston.org/domain/2376 Welcome from the Superintendent], Livingston Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2024.
• Jessica Rapp, business administrator and board secretary[https://www.livingston.org/domain/18 Business Administrator's Office], Livingston Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2024.

The district's board of education is comprised of five members who set policy and oversee 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 one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2012) 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.[https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election], New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.[https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/2730.pdf#page=10 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Livingston Township School District], New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 1, 2024. "The Livingston Board of Education and all its schools constitute the District's reporting entity. The District provides a full range of educational services appropriate to grade levels K through 12 as well as a Pre-K program for students with disabilities." See "Roster of Officials" on page 17.[https://www.livingston.org/domain/11 About the Board], Livingston Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2024.

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• [https://www.livingston.org/ Livingston Public Schools]
• {{NJReportCard|13|2730|0|Livingston Public Schools}}
• [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408820 School Data for the Livingston Public Schools], National Center for Education Statistics

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