Editing Bedminster, New Jersey (section)

== Education ==
The [[Bedminster Township School District]] serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]] at Bedminster Township Public School.<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=a351dfc744194808be93335028534bce Bedminster Township Board of Education District Policy - Identification], Bedminster Township School District. Accessed December 14, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through eight in the Bedminster Township School District. Composition: The Bedminster Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Bedminster Township."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/35/0240 School Performance Reports for the Bedminster Township School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 31, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.co.somerset.nj.us/home/showpublisheddocument/43585/637716261277570000#page=6 ''Public Schools 2021-2022 Directory''], [[Somerset County, New Jersey]]. Accessed December 14, 2022.</ref> As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 486 students and 54.9 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 8.9:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3401320&DistrictID=3401320 District information for Bedminster Township Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref> Public school students in [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s attend [[Bernards High School]],<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/35/0240/000.html Bedminster Township School 2016 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed May 19, 2017. "After graduation from the 8th grade, the majority of our students attend Bernards High School."</ref> as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] with the [[Somerset Hills Regional School District]], a K–12 district that also serves students from [[Bernardsville, New Jersey|Bernardsville]], [[Far Hills, New Jersey|Far Hills]] and [[Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey|Peapack-Gladstone]].<ref>[http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/home/showdocument?id=12598 Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional], [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset County]] Superintendent of Schools. Accessed May 19, 2017.</ref> As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 819 students and 66.3 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.4:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3400009&ID=340000900176 School data for Bernards High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref>

Somerset Hills Learning Institute, founded in 1998, educates children on the autism spectrum by utilizing the principles of [[applied behavior analysis]].<ref>[http://www.somerset-hills.org/history/ History], Somerset Hills Learning Institute. Accessed October 29, 2017.</ref> In 2024, a local [[ShopRite]] store started selling salads grown by and packed by students in the school's hydroponics career training program on a farm in the township owned by the school.<ref>Redmond, Kimberly. [https://njbiz.com/chester-shoprite-is-1st-retail-location-to-carry-somerset-hills-students-salad/ "Chester ShopRite is 1st retail location to carry Somerset Hills students’ salad"], NJBiz, January 23, 2024. Accessed February 8, 2024. "ShopRite of Chester is now selling a new salad blend grown by students with autism who are part of Somerset Hills Learning Institute’s hydroponics career training program."</ref>