Somerset Hills Regional School District

Somerset Hills Regional School District
Address
25 Olcott Avenue
Bernardsville
, Somerset County, New Jersey, 07924
United States
Coordinates40°43′18″N 74°34′01″W / 40.721698°N 74.567081°W / 40.721698; -74.567081
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentGretchen Dempsey
Business administratorJinnee DeMarco
Schools3
Students and staff
Enrollment1,797 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty155.3 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.shsd.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,34160$18,8917.7%
1Budgetary Cost15,1015214,7832.2%
2Classroom Instruction8,504438,763−3.0%
6Support Services2,800602,39217.1%
8Administrative Cost1,569421,4855.7%
10Operations & Maintenance1,624381,783−8.9%
13Extracurricular Activities58164268116.8%
16Median Teacher Salary68,9445564,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

The Somerset Hills Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from four communities in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district serves students from the boroughs of Bernardsville, Far Hills and Peapack-Gladstone, along with students from the township of Bedminster (grades 9–12) who attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[3][4]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,797 students and 155.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1.[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.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Somerset Hills Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed February 20, 2020.
  4. ^ Somerset Hills Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Somerset Hills School District. Accessed June 19, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in The Somerset Hills School District. Composition The Somerset Hills School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Bernardsville, Far Hills, and Peapack-Gladstone."
  5. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2015.