Green Brook School District
Public school district
The Green Brook School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Green Brook Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2024–25 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 711 students and 74.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
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.
Green Brook's public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren Township through a sending/receiving relationship. Students from Green Brook and from the neighboring communities of Watchung, Warren Township (in Somerset County), and Long Hill Township (in Morris County) attend the school. As of the 2024–25 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,653 students and 142.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
Awards and recognition
For the 1998-99 school year, Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon School Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2024-25 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
Elementary school
Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School with 404 students in grades PreK-4
Crista Fenton, principal
Middle school
Green Brook Middle School with 304 students in grades 5-8
Alicia Subervi, principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
Lisa Ferreira, superintendent of schools
Jason Weber, business administrator and board secretary
Board of education
The district's board of education is comprised of nine 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 three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election.
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