Editing Florham Park, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
[[File:Saint Ann Villa Morristown jeh.jpg|thumb|Saint Anne Villa]]
The [[Florham Park School District]] serves public school students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]].<ref>[https://www.fpks.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_213129/File/policy/1000%20bylaws/0110%20Bylaw.pdf Florham Park Bard of Education District Bylaw 0110 - Identification], Florham Park School District. Accessed January 22, 2025. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Florham Park School District. Composition: The Florham Park School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Florham Park."</ref> As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 948 students and 97.1 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 9.8:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3405250&DistrictID=3405250 District information for Florham Park School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref> The schools in the district (with 2023–24 school enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3405250 School data for the Florham Park School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref>) are 
Briarwood Elementary School<ref>[https://briarwood.fpks.org/ Briarwood Elementary School], Florham Park School District. Accessed May 28, 2020.</ref> with 332 students in grades PreK–2, 
Brooklake Elementary School<ref>[https://brooklake.fpks.org/ Brooklake Elementary School], Florham Park School District. Accessed May 28, 2020.</ref> with 308 students in grades 3–5 and 
Ridgedale Middle School<ref>[https://ridgedale.fpks.org/ Ridgedale Middle School], Florham Park School District. Accessed May 28, 2020.</ref> with 298 students in grades 6–8.<ref>[https://www.fpks.org/schools Schools], Florham Park School District. Accessed May 28, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/27/1530 School Performance Reports for the Florham Park School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1530 New Jersey School Directory for the Florham Park School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Students in public school for [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s attend [[Hanover Park High School]] together with students from [[East Hanover Township, New Jersey|East Hanover Township]], where the school is located, as part of the [[Hanover Park Regional High School District]], which also serves students from the neighboring community of [[Hanover Township, New Jersey|Hanover Township]] at [[Whippany Park High School]] in the [[Whippany, New Jersey|Whippany]] section of Hanover Township.<ref>[https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2050/hprhsd/4006390/Hanover_Park_Regional_0000_Bylaws.pdf#page=6 Hanover Park Regional High School District Bylaws 0110 - Identification], Hanover Park Regional High School District, adopted September 9, 2009. Accessed January 22, 2025. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Hanover Park Regional High School District. Composition: The Hanover Park Regional High School District is comprised of the following districts: Hanover Township, East Hanover Township, and the Borough of Florham Park within the County of Morris."</ref><ref>[https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1390987/District_Accomplishments_2019-2020.pdf ''2019-2020 School Year District Accomplishments''], Hanover Park Regional High School District. Accessed January 23, 2025. "The Hanover Park Regional High School District is comprised of two high schools with a combined enrollment of 1,480 students. Hanover Park High School is located in East Hanover and receives students from East Hanover and Florham Park. Whippany Park High School is located in Hanover Township and receives students from Hanover Township."</ref> As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 713 students and 72.3 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 9.9:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406660&ID=340666004244 School data for Hanover Park High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref> The seats on the district's nine-member board of education are allocated to the constituent municipalities based on population, with Florham Park assigned three seats.<ref>[https://www.hpreg.org/page/boe-members Board of Education Members], Hanover Park Regional High School District. Accessed January 22, 2025.</ref>

Holy Family School is a [[Catholic school]] operated under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson]]. The school opened in 1954 with 173 students and reached a peak enrollment of 700 in the 1960s.<ref>[http://www.holy-family-school.org/files/_ZGADi_/6fbc5b0a80aa95553745a49013852ec4/Our_History.pdf Our History]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Holy Family School. Accessed October 12, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.patdioschools.org/morris-county Morris County], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson]] Catholic Schools Office. Accessed January 2, 2017.</ref>

Portions of the [[Saint Elizabeth University]] campus are in Florham Park, including the Villa of Saint Ann, a classical Greek amphitheater built into a hillside, and the original dairy farm for the complex. Portions of the [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]]'s Florham Campus, also are located in Florham Park.<ref>Staff. [http://www.fdu.edu/newspubs/magazine/01fa/fpark.html "Florham Park"], ''FDU Magazine'', Fall / Winter 2001. Accessed April 24, 2012. "In 1899, led by Mother Mary Xavier, the Sisters of Charity established the College of St. Elizabeth, the first New Jersey college to grant degrees of higher education to women. In 1901, the college's first building, Xavier Hall, was constructed, and it now serves as the main building for the Academy of St. Elizabeth. Florham Park solidified its reputation as a college town when Fairleigh Dickinson University purchased the splendid Twombly estate and opened a campus in 1958."</ref>