Andover Regional School District
# Andover Regional School District

The Andover Regional School District is a regional public school district in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in the communities of Andover Borough and Andover Township.

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 416 students and 52.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.0:1.

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 from both Andover Borough and Andover Township attend Newton High School in Newton, together with students from Green Township, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Newton Public School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 710 students and 60.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.

## Schools

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

* Florence M. Burd Elementary School with 218 students in grades PreK-4
   * Nicole Dilkes, principal
* Long Pond Middle School with 195 students in grades 5-8
   * Bryan J. Fleming, principal

## Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

* Clifford Burns, superintendent of schools
* Nicole Sylvester, business administrator and board secretary

## Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of 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 of the constituent municipalities 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. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. Seats on the board are allocated based on population, with Andover Township assigned eight seats and Andover Borough assigned one seat.

