Editing Highlands, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Highlands School District]] serves public school students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[sixth grade]] at Highlands Elementary School.<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=4c684e7cf64941d6a405b48896865644 Highlands Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Highlands School District. Accessed May 15, 2024. "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 six in the Highlands School District. Composition: The Highlands School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Highlands."</ref><ref>[https://www.visitmonmouth.com/page.aspx?Id=238 County School List H-K], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/25/2160 School Performance Reports for the Highlands School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/2160 New Jersey School Directory for the Highlands School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 169 students and 22.1 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 7.6:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3407200&DistrictID=3407200 District information for Highlands Borough School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> In the 2016–17 school year, Highlands was tied for the 40th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 190 students.<ref>Guion, Payton. [https://www.nj.com/education/2017/09/njs_smallest_school_districts.html "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 40. Highlands Borough (tie) Enrollment: 190; Grades: Pre-K-6; County: Monmouth; Town population: 5,005"</ref>

For [[seventh grade|seventh]] through [[twelfth grade]]s, public school students attend [[Henry Hudson Regional High School]], a comprehensive six-year high school and regional public [[school district]] that serves students from both [[Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey|Atlantic Highlands]] and Highlands.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/25/2120/000.html Henry Hudson Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107005429/https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/25/2120/000.html |date=November 7, 2017 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed November 3, 2017. "Henry Hudson Regional School is a comprehensive public school, which serves two communities of students: Atlantic Highlands and Highlands, NJ."</ref><ref>[http://www.henryhudsonreg.k12.nj.us/general_information/about_henry_hudson About Henry Hudson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107014640/http://www.henryhudsonreg.k12.nj.us/general_information/about_henry_hudson |date=November 7, 2017 }}, Henry Hudson Regional High School. Accessed November 3, 2017. "This school district serves the towns of Atlantic Highlands and Highlands and students in grades seven through twelve."</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 296 students and 39.2 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 7.6:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407050&ID=340705003844 School data for Henry Hudson Regional School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Seats on the high school district's nine-member [[board of education]] are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with five seats assigned to Highlands.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/2120.pdf#page=42 ''Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Henry Hudson Regional School District''], [[New Jersey Department of Education]], for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed May 15, 2024. "The District encompasses the Boroughs of Atlantic Highlands and Highlands. The Board of Education is comprised of five members from Highlands and four members from Atlantic Highlands. They are elected to three-year terms and meet on the third Wednesday of each month for the Regular Board Meeting.... The Henry Hudson Regional School District is a Type II district located in the County of Monmouth, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades 7-12. The operations of the District include one Regional Middle School/High School, located in the Highlands." See "Roster of Officials" on page 13.</ref><ref>[https://hhrs.tridistrict.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=3758199&type=d&pREC_ID=2439390 School Board Members], Henry Hudson Regional High School. Accessed May 15, 2024.</ref>

In September 2023, voters in both Atlantic Highlands and Highlands approved a ballot measure that would consolidate the two K–6 districts with the Henry Hudson regional district to form a single K–12 district starting in the 2024–25 school year.<ref>Jennings, Rob. [https://www.nj.com/education/2023/09/nj-voters-approve-merging-3-school-districts-into-1.html "N.J. voters approve merging 3 school districts into 1"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 27, 2023. Accessed May 15, 2024. "The K-6 school districts in Highlands and Atlantic Highlands will be joining the Henry Hudson Regional School District, which already serves students from both municipalities, starting in July 2024."</ref>