Branchburg Township School District
| Branchburg Township School District | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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240 Baird Road
, Somerset County, New Jersey, 08876United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°34′25″N 74°42′53″W / 40.573516°N 74.714605°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK to 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Karen Chase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Sally Dolan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 1,325 (as of 2020–21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 152.7 FTEs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 8.7:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Branchburg Township School District is a community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Branchburg, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,325 students and 152.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
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.
The public secondary school serving Branchburg for ninth through twelfth grades is Somerville High School, which students attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Somerville Public Schools. As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,155 students and 92.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1.