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Bernards Township School District

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Bernards Township School District is located in north New Jersey. Bernards Township School District has 23.93 square miles of land area and 0.13 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Bernards Township School District population is 26,849. Bernards Township School District median household income is $126,667 in 2010-2014. Bernards Township School District median house value is $648,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Bernards Township School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (7 out of 285, top 2%) Elementary/Middle School: (1 out of 515, top 0%)* Rank: #24
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	26,849 (2010-2014), rank #117
Population Growth	1.56% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,115.88/sq mi, rank #345
Median Household Income:	$126,667 at 2010-2014—2.59% increase since 2005-2009, rank #53
Median House Price:	$648,600 at 2010-2014—-0.45% increase since 2005-2009, rank #47
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	23.93 sq mi, rank #137
Water Area:	0.13 sq mi (0.53%), rank #347
State:	New Jersey
County:	Somerset County
City:	Basking Ridge, Lyons, Far Hills
Zip:	07920, 07939, 07931
Area:	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA

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Bernards Township School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

101 Peachtree Rd

Basking Ridge NJ, 07920, Somerset County

Phone: 908-204-2600

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	5,761	5,689	5,676	5,681	5,710	5,617	5,503
English Language Learner Students:	40	32	24	24	36	38	NA
Total Teachers:	455.90	458.67	426.00	444.10	446.00	462.40	391.00
Prekindergarten:	5.00	5.00	2.00	3.00	4.00	2.00	NA
Kindergarten:	9.00	11.00	6.00	7.00	9.00	12.00	13.00
Elementary:	180.40	184.40	179.20	189.20	190.00	155.50	81.50
Secondary:	185.50	182.27	179.30	183.70	182.00	233.90	204.10
Ungraded:	76.00	76.00	59.50	61.20	61.00	59.00	28.00
Total Other Staff:	234.00	315.02	100.00	102.80	106.00	107.80	42.20
Instructional Aides:	118.00	139.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	10.00	11.00	10.00	11.00	11.00	10.80	11.80
Total Guidance Counselors:	21.00	22.00	18.00	17.00	19.00	11.00	13.40
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	9.00	8.00	9.00	NA	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	9.00	9.00	10.00	NA	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	21.00	22.00	NA	NA	NA	11.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	6.00	6.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Library/Media Support:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	3.00	3.97	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	17.00	18.00	17.00	17.00	19.00	26.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	59.00	64.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Student Support Services:	NA	51.05	47.00	49.80	48.00	51.00	7.00
Other Support Services:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.64	12.40	13.32	12.79	12.80	12.15	14.07

Schools

Cedar Hill School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	100 Peachtree Rd, Basking Ridge NJ 07920
Liberty Corner School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	61 Church St, Liberty Corner NJ 07938
Mount Prospect Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	111 Hansom Rd, Basking Ridge NJ 07920
Oak Street School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	70 West Oak St, Basking Ridge NJ 07920
Ridge High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	268 So Finley Ave, Basking Ridge NJ 07920
William Annin Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	70 Quincy Rd, Basking Ridge NJ 07920

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ASK Test
2004	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	96.1%	79.4%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	94.6%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	95.6%	82.4%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	96.5%	83.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	98%	86.1%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	87.0%	62.9%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	88.0%	59.8%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	88.1%	63.0%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	92.0%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	90.2%	66.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	95.3%	76.6%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	96.3%	82.5%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	98.8%	86.8%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	97.7%	87.3%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	97.5%	86.8%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	91.5%	75.4%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	96.2%	78.3%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	95.4%	78.9%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	94.8%	78.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	95.7%	77.7%
2003	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	96.1%	77.6%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	96.6%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	96.2%	81.6%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	95.6%	80.0%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	96.9%	80.6%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	95.6%	82.7%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	89.8%	63.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	85.7%	59.7%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	88%	62.7%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	86.8%	58.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	92.3%	59.4%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	91.3%	68.0%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	93.4%	72.1%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	96.7%	80.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	96.5%	82.3%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	97.8%	84.7%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	97.2%	84.9%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	93.2%	73.1%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	95.4%	77.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	96.3%	79.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	94.6%	77.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	98.1%	78.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	95.7%	81.1%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	96.1%	82.3%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	97.4%	83.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	95.6%	85.1%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	98.9%	91.1%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	98.8%	93.5%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	97.0%	90.0%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	97.5%	91.3%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	97.9%	89.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	99.1%	88.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	90.9%	60.0%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	91.7%	66.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	92.3%	63.3%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	91.2%	60.9%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	90.1%	62.1%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	87.4%	61.3%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	96.8%	84.1%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	95.1%	76.6%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	96.4%	77.6%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	98.2%	79.0%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	97.9%	80.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	97.3%	83.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	95.7%	79.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	95.9%	75.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	87.5%	57.3%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	91.8%	70.1%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	91.7%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	92.8%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	88.7%	66.2%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	97.1%	79%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	95.7%	72.2%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	91.1%	71.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	91.7%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	95.9%	77.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	93.5%	78.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	95.9%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	95.0%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	94.8%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	94.9%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	89.6%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	92.5%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	94.2%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	92.1%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	92.5%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	93.7%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	90.1%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	89.0%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	90.9%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	92.4%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	96.9%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	97.4%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	98.0%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	97.8%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	97.2%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	98.6%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	94.2%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	92.2%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	93.1%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	91.9%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	94.3%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	93.4%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	97.8%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	98.1%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	97.4%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	96.3%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	96.7%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	97.5%	79.0%
GEPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	97.2%	73.8%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	97.5%	71.8%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	94.4%	72.3%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	95.4%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	96.8%	73.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	89.9%	56.7%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	91.0%	61.7%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	91.5%	62.4%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	89.3%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	93.8%	68.4%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	94.6%	72.9%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	97.1%	74.7%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	96.8%	76.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	97.1%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	98.3%	78.9%
HSPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	97.2%	80.1%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	97.9%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	96.2%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	97.2%	83.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	98.7%	85.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	97.2%	83.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	96.2%	84.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	98%	88.0%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	98.0%	89.6%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	98.4%	91.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	99.5%	91.6%
2003	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	94.4%	65.9%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	94.0%	70.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	94.8%	75.5%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	94.9%	75.9%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	94.8%	73.4%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	94.4%	75.4%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	94.1%	73.7%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	94.8%	75.0%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	95.2%	75.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	93.8%	79.3%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	96.6%	79.7%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% proficient	96.9%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$98,799,000	$17,406		$93,427,000	$16,446		$94,178,000	$16,494
Federal:	$1,647,000	$290	1.7%	$1,189,000	$209	1.3%	$2,472,000	$433	2.6%
State:	$11,385,000	$2,006	11.5%	$8,494,000	$1,495	9.1%	$11,150,000	$1,953	11.8%
Local:	$85,767,000	$15,110	86.8%	$83,744,000	$14,741	89.6%	$80,556,000	$14,108	85.5%
Total Expenditures:	$93,767,000	$16,520		$88,357,000	$15,553		$91,442,000	$16,014
Total Current Expenditures:	$85,974,000	$15,147		$80,249,000	$14,126		$84,284,000	$14,761
Instructional Expenditures:	$48,950,000	$8,624	56.9%	$46,520,000	$8,189	58.0%	$50,462,000	$8,837	59.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$11,616,000	$2,047	13.5%	$10,955,000	$1,928	13.7%	$11,228,000	$1,966	13.3%
Administration:	$6,667,000	$1,175	7.8%	$6,802,000	$1,197	8.5%	$7,219,000	$1,264	8.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$18,741,000	$3,302	21.8%	$15,972,000	$2,811	19.9%	$15,375,000	$2,693	18.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$425,000	$75		$921,000	$162		$309,000	$54
Construction:	$112,000	$20		$690,000	$121		$74,000	$13
Total Other:	$164,000	$29		$244,000	$43		$240,000	$42
Interest on Debt:	$3,727,000	$657		$3,833,000	$675		$3,928,000	$688

Total Salary:	$52,395,000	$9,231		$47,698,000	$8,396		$49,514,000	$8,671
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$34,789,000	$6,129	66.4%	$33,685,000	$5,929	70.6%	$35,561,000	$6,228	71.8%
Other Salary:	$17,606,000	$3,102	33.6%	$14,013,000	$2,467	29.4%	$13,953,000	$2,444	28.2%
Total Benefit:	$17,290,000	$3,046		$16,205,000	$2,852		$18,022,000	$3,156
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$10,919,000	$1,924	63.2%	$10,599,000	$1,866	65.4%	$12,036,000	$2,108	66.8%
Other Benefit:	$6,371,000	$1,122	36.8%	$5,606,000	$987	34.6%	$5,986,000	$1,048	33.2%

* Bernards Township School District was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.