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List of schools and school districts in Sussex County, New Jersey

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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.[1]

Universities and colleges

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Secondary schools

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Public high schools

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Institution Founded Grades Students
(2009-2010)
Address/location Municipalities served
High Point Regional High School 1966 9-12 1,208 299 Pigeon Hill Road
Sussex, NJ 07461
(Wantage Township)
(Montague Township)
Branchville borough
Frankford Township
Lafayette Township
Montague Township
Sussex Borough
Wantage Township
Hopatcong High School 1975 9-12 730 2 Windsor Road
Hopatcong, NJ 07843
Hopatcong borough
Hopatcong borough
Kittatinny Regional High School 1975 7-12 1,174 77 Halsey Road
Newton, NJ 07860
(Hampton Township)
Fredon Township
Hampton Township
Sandyston Township
Stillwater Township
Walpack Township
Lenape Valley Regional High School 1974 9-12 850 28 Sparta Road
Stanhope, NJ 07874
(Stanhope Borough)
Byram Township
Stanhope Township
Netcong Borough (in Morris County)
Newton High School ? 9-12 826 44 Ryerson Avenue
Newton, NJ 07860
(Newton)
Andover Borough
Andover Township
Green Township
Newton (town)
Sparta High School 1959 9-12 1,218 70 West Mountain Road
Sparta, NJ 07871
(Sparta Township)
Sparta Township
Sussex County Technical School
(Previously Sussex County Vocational-Technical School)
1969 9-12 528 105 North Church Road
Sparta, NJ 07871
(Sparta Township)
County-wide
Vernon Township High School 1975 9-12 1,541 1832 County Route 565
Vernon, NJ 07462-0800
(Vernon Township)
Vernon Township
Wallkill Valley Regional High School 1982 9-12 806 10 Grumm Road
Hardyston,[2] NJ 07419
(Hardyston Township)
Franklin Borough
Hardyston Township
Hamburg Borough
Ogdensburg 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.[3][4] 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.[3]

Private high schools

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Institution Affiliation Founded Grades Students
(2009-2010)
Address/location
Pope John XXIII Regional High School
(previously Our Lady of the Lake School)
Roman Catholic
Diocese of Paterson
1956 9-12 916 28 Andover Road
Sparta, NJ 07871
(Sparta Township)

Elementary or grammar schools (K-8)

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Public schools

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District Municipalities served Students
(2008-2009)
Institutions
(students, grades)
Receiving high school
Andover Regional School District Andover Borough
Andover 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 School
Formerly: Port Jervis Middle School
and 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 Township
Walpack 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 Borough
Wantage 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

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Defunct institutions

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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 1851-1930.
  • Upsala College (Wirths Campus) - a satellite campus of the private, Lutheran-affiliated Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Decker, Ralph (1942). Then and Now: Forty Years in the Schools of Sussex County. Newton, NJ: Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders.
  2. ^ "Wallkill Valley Regional High School".
  3. ^ a b 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 Jew Jersey. The transition of high school students into High Point Regional School District will be complete by 2017."
  4. ^ "Re: Enrollment Options for the 2016-17 School Year and Beyond" (PDF). Law Offices of Daniel M. Perez, Esq. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-03. Retrieved 2021-04-02. Montague pupils who were enrolled as 8th graders in Port Jervis Middle School on March 14, 2016[...]Beginning in the 2016-17 school year and thereafter, Montague 7th and 8th grade pupils will be permitted to attend the Montague School, Sussex County Charter School for Technology, a choice school, or a private or parochial school. - On the Montague School District site. Use CTRL-A to see all text.