| Green Brook School District | |
| Superintendent: | James Bigsby |
| Businessadmin: | Jason Weber |
| Address: | 132 Jefferson Avenue |
| City: | Green Brook Township |
| County: | Somerset County |
| State: | New Jersey |
| Zipcode: | 08812 |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 40.6035°N -74.4668°W |
| Grades: | PreK-8 |
| Schools: | 2 |
| Enrollment: | 770 (as of 2019–20) |
| Faculty: | 81.7 FTEs |
| Ratio: | 9.4:1 |
| Free Label: | District Factor Group |
| Free Text: | GH |
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.[1]
As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 770 students and 81.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4:1.[2]
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.[3]
Green Brook's public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren Township. 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.[4] [5] As of the 2019–20 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,948 students and 160.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[6]
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.[7]
Schools in the district (with 2019-20 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9] [10] [11]
Core members of the district's administration are:[14] [15]
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. 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.[16] [17] [18]