Somerville Public Schools

The Somerville Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from Somerville, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Students from Branchburg Township attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Branchburg Township School District. [ [http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/schools/districts.htm Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional] , Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed August 24, 2008.]

Awards and recognition

Somerville Public Schools was voted one of the "100 Top Schools in Towns You Can Afford" in the January 1996 issue of "Money" magazine [ [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/01/01/207674/index.htm 100 TOP SCHOOLS IN TOWNS YOU CAN AFFORD YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE TO A WEALTHY SUBURB TO FIND TOPNOTCH PUBLIC EDUCATION. OUR SURVEY SPOTLIGHTS HIGH-QUALITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE HOUSE PRICES ARE STILL REASONABLE] , "Money" magazine, January 1, 1996] . Somerville High School was ranked as one of the "Top 75 Public High Schools" by "New Jersey Monthly" magazine in its September, 1996 issue.

chools

Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3415090 Data for the Somerville Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 25, 2008.] ) are:

;Elementary School
* [http://www.somervillenjk12.org/2007/van_derveer/home.cfm Van Derveer Elementary School] (preK-5; 798 students);Middle School
* [http://www.somervillenjk12.org/2007/middle_school/home.cfm Somerville Middle School] (6-8; 365 students) ;High School
*Somerville High School for grades 9-12 (1,028 students)

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [ [http://www.somervillenjk12.org/district/staff.cfm Headquarters Directory] , Somerville Public School District. Accessed August 24, 2008.]
*Dr. Carolyn F. Leary, Superintendent of Schools
*Bryan P. Boyce, Business Administrator

References

External links

* [http://www.somervillenjk12.org/ Somerville Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|35|4820|0|Somerville Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3415090 Data for the Somerville Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics