Frenchtown School District
The Frenchtown School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Frenchtown, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 130 students and 18.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.1:1. In the 2016–17 school year, Frenchtown was tied for the 18th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 129 students. The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in  District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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. Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend the Delaware Valley Regional High School in Frenchtown, which serves students in western Hunterdon County from Alexandria, Holland and Kingwood Townships along with the boroughs of Frenchtown and Milford. As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 721 students and 68.4  classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1. School. Edith Ort Thomas Elementary School had an enrollment of 143 students in the 2018–19 school year. Administration. Core members of the school's administration are: Board of Education. The district's board of education, with seven members, sets policy and oversees 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 either two or three seats up for  election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. In February 2012, elections were shifted from April to November.