The following is a list of schools and school districts in Sussex County, New Jersey and includes both public and private schools that are currently in operation, and an enumeration of defunct institutions.
Before 1942, Sussex County had over 100 school districts. Most of these districts were in rural townships that each had several districts—and each operated a one-room schoolhouse that served their small neighborhoods. During the forty-year tenure (1903–1942) of County School Superintendent Ralph Decker (1873-?), these individual school districts were dissolved and consolidated into municipal or regional districts.
Universities and colleges Sussex County Community College
Secondary schools Public high schools Institution Founded Grades Students(2009–2010) Address/location Municipalities served High Point Regional High School 1966 9–12 1,208 299 Pigeon Hill RoadSussex, NJ 07461 (Wantage Township) (Montague Township) Branchville boroughFrankford TownshipLafayette TownshipMontague TownshipSussex BoroughWantage Township Hopatcong High School 1975 9–12 730 2 Windsor RoadHopatcong, NJ 07843Hopatcong borough Hopatcong borough Kittatinny Regional High School 1975 7–12 1,174 77 Halsey RoadNewton, NJ 07860(Hampton Township) Fredon TownshipHampton TownshipSandyston TownshipStillwater TownshipWalpack Township Lenape Valley Regional High School 1974 9–12 850 28 Sparta RoadStanhope, NJ 07874(Stanhope Borough) Byram TownshipStanhope TownshipNetcong Borough (in Morris County) Newton High School 1916 9–12 826 44 Ryerson AvenueNewton, NJ 07860(Newton) Andover BoroughAndover TownshipGreen TownshipNewton (town) Sparta High School 1959 9–12 1,218 70 West Mountain RoadSparta, NJ 07871(Sparta Township) Sparta Township Sussex County Technical School(Previously Sussex County Vocational-Technical School) 1969 9–12 528 105 North Church RoadSparta, NJ 07871(Sparta Township) County-wide Vernon Township High School 1975 9–12 1,541 1832 County Route 565Vernon, NJ 07462-0800(Vernon Township) Vernon Township Wallkill Valley Regional High School 1982 9–12 806 10 Grumm RoadHardyston, NJ 07419(Hardyston Township) Franklin BoroughHardyston TownshipHamburg BoroughOgdensburg Borough
Prior to September 2014, Montague Township district sent students across state lines to attend middle school and high school at Port Jervis Middle School and Port Jervis High School, of the Port Jervis City School District, in nearby Port Jervis, New York.Montague Township School District 2015 District Narrative, New Jersey School Report Card. Accessed June 7, 2016. "In September 2014, the district began to transition incoming ninth grade students from the Port Jervis City School District in Port Jervis New York into High Point Regional School District in New Jersey. The transition of high school students into High Point Regional School District will be complete by 2017." - On the Montague School District site. Use CTRL-A to see all text. That month Montague Township's high school students began attending High Point Regional High, in a shift from Port Jervis that was to take four years to complete.
Private high schools Institution Affiliation Founded Grades Students(2009–2010) Address/location Pope John XXIII Regional High School(previously Our Lady of the Lake School) Roman CatholicDiocese of Paterson 1956 9–12 916 28 Andover RoadSparta, NJ 07871(Sparta Township)
Elementary or grammar schools (K-8) Public schools District Municipalities served Students(2008–2009) Institutions(students, grades) Receiving high school Andover Regional School District Andover BoroughAndover Township 675 Florence M. Burd Elementary School (355, Grades K-4)Long Pond Middle School (320, Grades 5–8) Newton High School Byram Township School District Byram Township 1,119 Byram Lakes Elementary School (606, Grades K-4)Byram Township Intermediate School (513, Grades 5–8) Lenape Valley Regional High School Frankford Township School District Frankford Township 658 Frankford Township School (658, Grades K-8) High Point Regional High School Franklin Borough School District Franklin Borough 516 Franklin Borough School (516, Grades K-8) Wallkill Valley Regional High School Fredon Township School District Fredon Township 338 Fredon Township School (338, Grades K-6) Kittatinny Regional High School(Grades 7–12) Green Township School District Green Township 493 Green Hills School (410, Grades K-8) Newton High School Hamburg School District Hamburg Borough 281 Hamburg School (281, Grades K-8) Wallkill Valley Regional High School Hampton Township School District Hampton Township 407 Marian Emmons McKeown Elementary School (407, Grades K-6) Kittatinny Regional High School(Grades 7–12) Hardyston Township School District Hardyston Township 740 Hardyston Township School (465, Grades K-5)Hardyston Middle School (275, Grades 6–8) Wallkill Valley Regional High School Hopatcong Public Schools Hopatcong Borough 2,299 Hudson Maxim School (296, Grade K) Hopatcong Elementary School (323, Grades 1–3)Durban Avenue School (342, Grades 4–5)Hopatcong Middle School (569, Grades 6–8)Hopatcong High School (769, Grades 9–12) Hopatcong High School (769, Grades 9–12) Lafayette Township School District Lafayette Township 290 Lafayette Township Elementary School (290, Grades K-8) High Point Regional High School Montague Township School District Montague Township 292 Montague Elementary School (283, Grades K-8) High Point Regional High SchoolFormerly: Port Jervis Middle Schooland Port Jervis High School (in New York) Newton Public School District Newton (town) 1,577 Merriam Avenue School (463, Grades K-5)Halsted Street Middle School (270, Grades 6–8)Newton High School (844, Grades 9–12) Newton High School Ogdensburg Borough School District Ogdensburg Borough 324 Ogdensburg Public School (324, Grades K-8) Wallkill Valley Regional High School Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District Sandyston TownshipWalpack Township 160 Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School (160, Grades K-6) Kittatinny Regional High School(Grades 7–12) Sparta Township Public School District Sparta Township 3,996 Helen Morgan School (623, K-4)Alpine School (798, preschool, Grades K-4)Mohawk Avenue School (defunct)Sparta Middle School (1,008, Grades 5–8)Sparta High School (1,235, Grades 9–12) Sparta High School Stanhope Public Schools Stanhope Borough 396 Linden Avenue School (18, preschool)Valley Road Elementary School (378, Grades K-8) Lenape Valley Regional High School Stillwater Township School District Stillwater Township 401 Stillwater Township School (401, Grades K-6) Kittatinny Regional High School(Grades 7–12) Sussex-Wantage Regional School District Sussex BoroughWantage Township 1,534 Clifton E. Lawrence School (506, Grades K-2)Wantage Elementary School (543, Grades 3–5)Sussex Middle School (485, Grades 6–8) High Point Regional High School Vernon Township School District Vernon Township 4,273 Walnut Ridge Primary School (588, Grades K-1)Cedar Mountain Primary School (401, Grades 2–4)Rolling Hills Primary School (460, Grades 2–4)Lounsberry Hollow Middle School (622, Grades 5–6)Glen Meadow Middle School (661, Grades 7–8)Vernon Township High School (1,541, Grades 9–12) Vernon Township High School
Private schools Hilltop Country Day School (preschool, K-8) in Sparta Township, New Jersey Immaculate Conception School (K-8) in Franklin, New Jersey (affiliated Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson) Northwest Christian School (K-8) in Hampton Township, New Jersey Reverend George A. Brown School (K-8) in Sparta, New Jersey (affiliated with Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson) Saint Joseph's School (K-8) in Newton, New Jersey (affiliated with Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson) Sussex Christian School (K-8) in Sussex, New Jersey
Defunct institutions The following schools or academic institutions are no longer in operation: Don Bosco College - a Roman Catholic seminary in Newton, New Jersey. Newton Collegiate Institute (also called "Newton Academy) - a private all-male school in Newton, New Jersey operated from 1851 to 1930. Upsala College (Wirths Campus) - a satellite campus of the private, Lutheran-affiliated Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey.
See also Sussex County, New Jersey
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