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Preserving the Legacy of 2000-2003
Introduction to Schools and Library

SCHOOLS

1030 elementary school students in Long Hill Township attend the three schools operated by the Township School District under control of its local Board of Education.
All eigth grade students take the New Jersey "Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment" test. There are 99 middle schools in the the state in Long Hill's socioeconomic category ("I" on a scale of "A" to "J"). The results of the 2000 testing at Central School are compared to those 99 schools, and the comparison shows that Central School had:

the HIGHEST percentage of students rated as "Advanced Proficient" in Language Arts Literacy,
the 8th highest percentage of students rated as "Advanced Proficient" in Science,
the 20th highest percentage of students rated as "Advanced Proficient" in Mathematics, and
the HIGHEST COMPOSITE percentage of students who scored as "Advanced Proficient" among the 99 comparable middle schools in the state.

In the 2002 testing of 8th graders, Central School students had the highest average score in the state in Language Arts Proficiency, and 61% of the students were ranked as "Advanced Proficient". (Contrast that to all schools in the "I" DFG. The average for the 99 schools in the category was 19% "Advanced Proficient".)

About 300 elementary school students attend St. Vincent de Paul school in Stirling.

High school students attend Watchung Hills Regional High School which is one mile south of the township's border, in Warren, New Jersey.

The (1999-2000) average SAT scores at WHRHS ranked 4th among the 18 High Schools serving Morris County communities.
11th graders took the New Jersey High School Proficiency Test in the fall of 2000. 95.9 percent passed the exam. This was the highest percentage among all the public high schools in Somerset County, and would be slotted as the 5th highest percentage among all the public high schools in Morris County.

A list of websites for all the (public, private and 4-year proprietary) colleges in New Jersey, courtesy of the Commission on Higher Education.

LIBRARY

The Long Hill Township Public Library is operated by the Township under the direction of its own Board of Trustees, who are appointed by the Township Committee. It is located on Central Avenue in Stirling across from the Central School.

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