Editing Lafayette Township, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
Public school students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]] attend the [[Lafayette Township School District]].<ref>[http://www.ltes.org/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=27500268#page=9 District Bylaw 0110 - Identification], Lafayette Township School District. Accessed September 5, 2020. "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 Lafayette Township School District. Composition: The Lafayette Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Lafayette Township."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/37/2490 School Performance Reports for the Lafayette Township School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 7, 2024.</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 209 students and 23.9 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 8.8:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3408130&DistrictID=3408130 District information for Lafayette Township School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

For [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s, public school students attend [[High Point Regional High School]], which also serves students from [[Branchville, New Jersey|Branchville]], [[Frankford Township, New Jersey|Frankford Township]], [[Montague Township, New Jersey|Montague Township]], [[Sussex, New Jersey|Sussex Borough]] and [[Wantage Township, New Jersey|Wantage Township]] (where the school is located).<ref>[http://hpregional.ss3.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_743771/File/Board%20of%20Education/bylaws0110.pdf High Point Regional Board of Education Bylaw 0110 - Name and Classification], High Point Regional High School. Accessed March 7, 2024. "Composition -The High Point Regional High School District shall comprise all the area within the municipal boundaries of Branchville, Frankford, Lafayette, Sussex and Wantage for the purpose of providing a program of education in grades 9 through 12."</ref><ref>[https://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/37/2165/030.html High Point Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 31, 2020. "High Point Regional High School is a comprehensive high school serving the diversified needs of the three surrounding K through 8 school districts of Lafayette, Frankford, Montague, and Sussex-Wantage."</ref><ref>[https://www.hpregional.org/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=65529614 "2022-23 School Profile"], High Point Regional High School. Accessed March 7, 2024. "Located 63 miles northwest of Manhattan in bucolic Sussex County NJ, High Point serves students from six municipalities: Branchville, Lafayette, Frankford, Montague, Sussex, and Wantage."</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 817 students and 68.4 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.9:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407140&ID=340714005358 School data for High Point Regional High School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> The district is governed by a nine-member [[board of education]]; seats on the board are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with one seat assigned to Lafayette Township.<ref>[http://hpregional.ss3.sharpschool.com/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=6502969 High Point Regional Board of Education Bylaw 0141 - Board Member Number and Term], High Point Regional High School. Accessed March 31, 2020. "The Board of Education shall consist of nine members, proportioned as follows: Wantage - four; Frankford - two; Sussex - one; Lafayette - one; Branchville - one. The term of a Board member shall be three years."</ref>