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==Education== [[File:Toll Gate Grammar School.jpg|thumb|Toll Gate Grammar School]] Public school students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]] attend the [[Hopewell Valley Regional School District]].<ref name=MercerSchools>[http://www.mercercounty.org/home/showdocument?id=9220 ''2017-2018 Mercer County Charter and Public Schools Directory''], [[Mercer County, New Jersey]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref> The comprehensive regional public [[school district]] serves students from Hopewell Borough, [[Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hopewell Township]] and Pennington Borough.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/21/2280/000.html Hopewell Valley Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925230750/https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/21/2280/000.html |date=September 25, 2017 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed September 25, 2017. "Hopewell Valley serves the two boroughs of Pennington and Hopewell and the much larger Hopewell Township, and encompasses a total area of nearly 60 square miles with a population that exceeds 20,000. There are six schools that comprise the district. (Four elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.) District enrollment is currently 3,750 students."</ref><ref>[http://www.hvrsd.org/apps/pages/AboutUs About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924094612/http://www.hvrsd.org/apps/pages/AboutUs |date=September 24, 2017 }}, Hopewell Valley Regional High School. Accessed September 25, 2017. "Hopewell Valley Regional School District, as it functions today, has been a regionalized operation since 1965 when voters of Hopewell Township, Hopewell Borough and Pennington Borough approved a plan to consolidate their schools. But the first consolidation of local schools actually occurred in 1894 when the 14 separate districts, operating one-room schoolhouses throughout the valley, agreed to merge and be governed by a single school board."</ref> As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 3,467 students and 351.1 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 9.9:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3407530&DistrictID=3407530 District information for Hopewell Valley Regional School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2021.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2019–20 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407530 School Data for the Hopewell Valley Regional School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2021.</ref>) are Bear Tavern Elementary School<ref>[https://btes.hvrsd.org/o/btes Bear Tavern Elementary School], Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Accessed February 8, 2022.</ref> with 397 students in grades Pre-K–5, Hopewell Elementary School<ref>[https://hes.hvrsd.org/ Hopewell Elementary School], Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Accessed February 8, 2022.</ref> with 400 students in grades Pre-K–5, Stony Brook Elementary School<ref>[https://sbes.hvrsd.org/o/sbes Stony Brook Elementary School], Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Accessed February 8, 2022.</ref> with 378 students in grades K–5, Toll Gate Grammar School<ref>[https://tgg.hvrsd.org/o/tgg Toll Gate Grammar School], Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Accessed February 8, 2022.</ref> with 306 students in grades K–5, Timberlane Middle School<ref>[https://tms.hvrsd.org/o/tms Timberlane Middle School], Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Accessed February 8, 2022.</ref> with 820 students in grades 6–8 and [[Hopewell Valley Central High School]]<ref>[https://hvchs.hvrsd.org/o/hvchs Hopewell Valley Central High School], Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Accessed February 8, 2022.</ref> with 1,097 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/21/2280 School Performance Reports for the Hopewell Valley Regional School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/2280 New Jersey School Directory for the Hopewell Valley Regional School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> The district's board of education is comprised of nine members allocated to each of the three municipalities based on population, with Pennington assigned a single seat.<ref>[https://www.hvrsd.org/apps/pages/BOEAbout About the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108202745/https://www.hvrsd.org/apps/pages/BOEAbout |date=November 8, 2019 }}, Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Accessed March 2, 2020. "The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education is a nine-member body elected by the residents of Hopewell Township, Hopewell Borough and Pennington Borough. Seats are apportioned by population. Hopewell Township has seven representatives; each borough is represented by one seat.... The Hopewell Valley Regional School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Pennington, Hopewell Borough, and Hopewell Township."</ref> Eighth grade students from all of Mercer County are eligible to apply to attend the high school programs offered by the [[Mercer County Technical Schools]], a county-wide vocational school district that offers full-time career and technical education at its Health Sciences Academy, STEM Academy and Academy of Culinary Arts, with no tuition charged to students for attendance.<ref>Heyboer, Kelly. [https://www.nj.com/education/2017/05/how_to_get_your_kid_into_one_of_njs_elite_high_sch.html "How to get your kid a seat in one of N.J.'s hardest-to-get-into high schools"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], May 2017. Accessed November 18, 2019. "Mercer County has a stand-alone specialized high school for top students: a Health Sciences Academy at the district's Assunpink Center campus. The district also offers a STEM Academy at Mercer County Community College. How to apply: Students can apply online in the fall of their 8th grade year."</ref><ref>[https://www.mcts.edu/high-school-programs/ High School Programs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810212424/https://www.mcts.edu/high-school-programs/ |date=August 10, 2020 }}, [[Mercer County Technical Schools]]. Accessed November 18, 2019.</ref> [[The Pennington School]] serves students in sixth through twelfth grades, having been founded in 1838 with a single teacher and three students.<ref>[http://www.pennington.org/history/index.aspx History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727231502/http://www.pennington.org/history/index.aspx |date=July 27, 2012 }}, [[The Pennington School]]. Accessed November 19, 2012. "When The Pennington School (then the Methodist Episcopal Male Seminary) opened its doors in 1838 in the small town of Pennington, New Jersey, the school was housed in one building and enrolled three students under the tutelage of one teacher."</ref>
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