page_title: Blairstown, New Jersey
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Blairstown, New Jersey / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Blairstown Lake and Dam. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 07000046
context_page_description: Blairstown is a township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 5,967 reflecting an increase of 220 from the 5,747 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 416 from the 5,331 counted in the 1990 Census.
  The area had been known as Smith's Mill and was later called Butts Bridge, named for a family that owned the eponymous crossing of the Paulins Kill.
  Blairstown was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 14, 1845, from portions of Knowlton Township, based on the results of a referendum held that day. The township was named for John Insley Blair.
context_section_description: The Blairstown Township School District serves public school students in kindergarten through sixth grade at the Blairstown Elementary School. As of the 2017–18 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 469 students and 46.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.0:1. Students from Hardwick Township, a non-operating school district, also attend Blairstown Elementary School.
  Students in seventh through twelfth grades for public school attend the North Warren Regional High School in Blairstown, a public secondary high school, serving students from the townships of Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick and Knowlton. As of the 2017–18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 820 students and 77.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
  Ridge and Valley Charter School, a K-8 charter school founded in 2004 that is focused on Earth literacy and sustainable living, is located in neighboring Frelinghuysen Township. The school also serves (and grants admission priority to) students from Frelinghuysen, Hardwick and Knowlton Townships, who attend the school without cost to the parents. Students from the township and from all of Warren County are also eligible to attend  Warren County Technical School in Washington borough (for 9-12), with special education services provided by local districts supplemented throughout the county by the Warren County Special Services School District in Oxford Township (for PreK-12).
  Students from across the world attend Blair Academy, a private boarding school for students in grades 9-12 established in 1848 by philanthropist John Insley Blair.
caption: Blair Walk, built as part of Blair Academy, crosses over the 17-foot-high (5.2 m) dam just off Main Street in Blairstown, perhaps Blairstown's most recognizable point of interest.
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