Montville Township School District
The Montville Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Montville, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2017-18 school year, the district and its seven schools had an enrollment of 3,660 students and 374.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.8:1. The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow  comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. Awards and recognition. In 2016, Cedar Hill Elementary School was one of ten schools in New Jersey recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education. The district and several of its schools have been recognized by Character.org in its Schools of Character program. In 2016, Cedar Hill Elementary School and Woodmont Elementary School were named New Jersey and National Schools of Character. In 2018, Robert R. Lazar  Middle School was named a New Jersey and National School of Character and the Montville School District was named a New Jersey and National District of Character. In 2019, William Mason Elementary School was named a New Jersey State and National School of Character. In 2020, Hilldale Elementary School and Valley View Elementary School were names New Jersey State Schools of Character. All of the Montville Township Public Schools have attained Bronze Level certification through the Sustainable Jersey for Schools Program. For the 1994-95 school year, Robert R. Lazar Middle School was named as a "Star School" by the  New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve. In 2013, Valley View Elementary School was named as a high performing "Reward School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, one of 57 schools statewide and eight in Morris County to earn this recognition. Schools. Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are: Administration. Core members of the district's administration are: The district's board of education has nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through  its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election.