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Bernards Township School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending
Bernards Township School District runs 6 public schools with 4,673 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.0 students per teacher is 0.7 lower than the New Jersey figure of 11.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 4,673
- Teachers (FTE)
- 425
- Students per teacher
- 11.0
- NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 101 Peachtree Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
- Phone
- (908)204-2600
- County
- Somerset County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3401650
- State district ID
- NJ-350350
- Total staff (FTE)
- 873
- School counselors (FTE)
- 20.0About 234 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 20.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.0
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,874), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $128.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.3 million
- State revenue
- $29.9 million
- Local revenue
- $96.3 million
- Total spending
- $120.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $24,698
- Salaries
- $61.1 million50.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $50.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 1.8%
- State: 23.2%
- Local: 75.0%
New Jersey overall
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$24,698
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826
Schools in Bernards Township School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cedar Hill School | Elementary | K to 5 | 568 | 12.3 |
| Liberty Corner School | Elementary | K to 5 | 429 | 11.0 |
| Mount Prospect Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 522 | 9.0 |
| Oak Street School | Elementary | K to 5 | 427 | 10.9 |
| Ridge High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,577 | 12.1 |
| William Annin Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,122 | 10.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Somerset County
- Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District 7,864 students
- Franklin Township Public School District 7,294 students
- Hillsborough Township Public School District 7,246 students
- Montgomery Township School District 4,433 students
- North Plainfield School District 3,704 students
- Somerville Public School District 2,173 students
- Bound Brook School District 2,070 students
- Manville School District 1,761 students
- Watchung Hills Regional High School District 1,686 students
- Warren Township School District 1,671 students
- Somerset Hills Regional School District 1,631 students
- Branchburg Township School District 1,396 students
- Central Jersey College Prep Charter School 1,396 students
- Green Brook Township Public School District 711 students
- Watchung Borough School District 672 students
More in New Jersey
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.