Union Township School District

{{short description|School district in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, US}}

{{for|the school district in Union County|Union Public School District (New Jersey)}}

{{Use American English|date=April 2020}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox school district

| name = Union Township School District

| superintendent = Nicholas A. Diaz

| businessadmin = Patricia Martucci

| address = 165 Perryville Road

| city = Hampton

| county = Hunterdon County

| state = New Jersey

| zipcode = 08827

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|40.632521|-74.969428|region:US_type:edu|display=inline,title}}

| grades = K-8

| schools = 2

| enrollment = 436 (as of 2018–19)

| faculty = 44.8 FTEs

| ratio = 9.7:1

| free_label = District Factor Group

| free_text = GH

| website = {{URL|https://www.uniontwpschool.org/}}

| module = {{New Jersey school district spending table|embed=yes

| year = 2014

| graderange = K-8

| enrollrange = 401-750

| rangecount = 64

| indAdist = 22721| indArank = 58| indAavg = 18891

| ind1dist = 16056| ind1rank = 47| ind1avg = 14159

| ind2dist = 9305| ind2rank = 43| ind2avg = 8659

| ind6dist = 2681| ind6rank = 54| ind6avg = 2167

| ind8dist = 1846| ind8rank = 54| ind8avg = 1547

| ind10dist = 2058| ind10rank = 57| ind10avg = 1612

| ind13dist = 167| ind13rank = 42| ind13avg = 104

| ind16dist = 68595| ind16rank = 55| ind16avg = 61136

}}

}}

The Union Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Union Township, in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=e12fa369c27443fda1727d25ac6453cd Union Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Union Township School District. Accessed April 2, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through eight in the Union Township School District. Composition: The Union Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Union Township." A new elementary school, named "Union Township Elementary School", opened for the 2006-2007 school year. The older building was renamed Union Township Middle School.

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 436 students and 44.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.7:1.[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3416440&DistrictID=3416440 District information for Union Township School District], National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.

The district is 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.[http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts], New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 4, 2015.

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, which also serves students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township and Lebanon Borough.[http://www.nhvweb.net/index.php/boe-district-services/about/ About the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District], North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed February 17, 2015. "North Hunterdon High School educates students from: Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough, Union Township; Voorhees High School educates students from: Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township"[http://www.nhvweb.net/index.php/choice-of-district-school/ Information Regarding Choice of District School], North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed February 17, 2015. "In the past, parents and students of the North Hunterdon High School sending districts were able to select either North Hunterdon High School or Voorhees High School as their school of choice.... As our student population continued to grow and our two high schools reached, and exceeded, 90% capacity, the option of choosing Voorhees was eliminated in the 2005-2006 school year for the North Hunterdon sending districts (Bethlehem Township, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township – Clinton Town students still have choice as they are classmates at Clinton Public School with Glen Gardner students, who attend Voorhees)."[http://www.nhvweb.net/index.php/boe-district-services/about/ About the District] North Hunterdoon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed February 17, 2015. "North Hunterdon High School educates students from: Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough, Union Township; Voorhees High School educates students from: Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township" As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,584 students and 123.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1.[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411610&ID=341161003024 School data for North Hunterdon High School], National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020. The school is part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, which also includes students from Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township, who attend Voorhees High School in Lebanon Township.[http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/19/3660/060.html Voorhees High School 2015 Report Card Narrative], New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 3, 2016. "Voorhees High School has consistently ranked among the top high schools in New Jersey and was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2015. With an enrollment of 1,095 students in grades 9-12, the school serves the communities of Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, and Tewksbury Township."[http://co.hunterdon.nj.us/pdf/schools/Directory.pdf#page=57 Public School Directory 2015-2016], p. 55. Hunterdon County Department of Education. Accessed June 3, 2016.[http://www.nhvweb.net/index.php/boe-district-services/about/ About the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District], North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, updated November 16, 2015. Accessed June 3, 2016. "North Hunterdon High School educates students from: Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough, Union Township; Voorhees High School educates students from: Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township"