Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District

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Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
Superintendent: Dr. Michael Schilder
Business Administrator: Peter Starrs
Address: 836 Newmans Lane
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 11
Enrollment: 9,128 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 805.0
Student–teacher ratio: 11.3
District Factor Group: I
Web site: http://www.brrsd.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $12,704 43 $13,632 -6.8%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,986 64 8,035 -0.6%
6 Support Services 1,821 45 2,166 -15.9%
8 Administrative Cost 1,112 13 1,379 -19.4%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,533 53 1,674 -8.4%
13 Extracurricular Activities 222 50 258 -14.0%
16 Median Teacher Salary 55,083 33 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105

The Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District is a regional public school district serving the municipalities of Bridgewater Township and Raritan Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. All of the school facilities are in Bridgewater, except for John F. Kennedy School, which is in Raritan.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 9,128 students and 805.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second 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.[3]

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[edit] Awards and recognition

During the 1999-2000 school year, Bridgewater-Raritan High School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[4]

For the 1997-98 school year, Bridgewater-Raritan High School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.[5]

BRHS is one of only three high schools in the state of New Jersey to have received both awards.[6]

Bridgewater Middle school students qualified to participate in NJ state Mathcounts for 2011.

Bridgewater Middle school students placed 4th in state science bowl competition for 2011 held at Princeton Plasma Lab. Science bowl is a science competition sponsored by United States Department of Energy, involving general, physical, life, earth and mathematics.

The Bridgewater Middle School Academic team has also won the A.T.O.M.S tournament for 2 years in a row -2010 and 2011.

[edit] Schools

Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:

Primary Schools (grades K through 4)
Intermediate Schools (grades 5-6)
Middle School (grades 7-8)
High School (grades 9-12)

[edit] Former and converted schools

From the early 1960s to the early 1990s, the Bridgewater-Raritan district had two high schools, known as "East" and "West." The current unified high school is on the "West" site, and the former "East" building is now the Middle School.

Schools that have been closed since the 1980s include:

  • Valley School (now the Harmon V. Wade Administration Building, school district headquarters)
  • Finderne School (now the Peoplecare Center for non-profit community services)
  • Green Knoll School (now part of the Bridgewater Township Municipal Building complex)
  • Martinsville School (now occupied by private offices)
  • Washington Middle School in Raritan (converted to Somerset County offices)

Adamsville School, now an elementary school, was a middle school until the 1980s. Eisenhower and Hillside Schools, now intermediate schools, were both middle schools until 1995.

[edit] District Governance

[edit] Board of Education

The district's nine-member Board of Education is apportioned by population between Bridgewater and Raritan. Since the early 1990s, Bridgewater has elected eight of the board members and Raritan has elected one. The current board president is Evan Lerner and the vice president is Patrick Breslin, both of Bridgewater.

[edit] Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[8][9]

  • Dr. Michael Schilder, Superintendent
  • Cheryl Dyer, Assistant Superintendent
  • Peter Starrs, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Bridgewater-Raritan Regio School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 3, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2009.
  4. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
  5. ^ Bridgewater-Raritan High School 1997-98 entry in the Star School database, accessed May 23, 2006
  6. ^ About Bridgewater-Raritan High School, accessed May 23, 2006.
  7. ^ Data for the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 3, 2011.
  8. ^ Somerset County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  9. ^ Curriculum. Accessed August 27, 2011.

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 40°36′11″N 74°34′06″W / 40.602991°N 74.568287°W / 40.602991; -74.568287
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