Editing Carteret, New Jersey (section)

== Education ==
The [[Carteret School District]] serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=0d303a85f0c4478c99f820bd6fa08e41 Carteret Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Cateret School District, adopted September 29, 2004. Accessed March 9, 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 twelve in the Carteret School District. Composition The Carteret School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Carteret."</ref> As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 4,009 students and 315.9 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.7:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3402820&DistrictID=3402820 District information for Carteret Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402820 School Data for the Carteret School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref>) are 
Columbus School<ref>[https://www.carteretschools.org/Domain/11 Columbus School], Carteret School District. Accessed March 9, 2025.</ref> with 625 students in grades PreK–4, 
Nathan Hale School<ref>[https://www.carteretschools.org/Domain/10 Nathan Hale School], Carteret School District. Accessed March 9, 2025.</ref> with 439 students in grades PreK–4, 
Private Nicholas Minue School<ref>[https://www.carteretschools.org/Domain/12 Private Nicholas Minue School], Carteret School District. Accessed March 9, 2025.</ref> with 527 students in grades PreK–4, 
Carteret Middle School<ref>[https://www.carteretschools.org/Domain/9 Carteret Middle School], Carteret School District. Accessed March 9, 2025.</ref> with 567 students in grades 5–6, 
Carteret Junior High School<ref>[https://www.carteretschools.org/Page/394 Carteret Junior High School], Carteret School District. Accessed March 9, 2025.</ref> with 586 students in grades 7–8 and 
[[Carteret High School]]<ref>[https://www.carteretschools.org/Domain/8 Carteret High School], Carteret School District. Accessed March 9, 2025.</ref> with 1,182 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[https://www.carteretschools.org/domain/2129 Our Schools], Carteret Public Schools. Accessed March 9, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/23/0750 School Performance Reports for the Carteret Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0750 New Jersey School Directory for the Carteret School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

In 2016, borough voters turned down a ballot proposal to switch from an elected school board to an appointed board.<ref>Rosario, Joshua. [https://www.nj.com/hudson/2020/01/elected-school-boards-rarely-change-to-appointed-boards-but-jersey-city-could-be-next.html "Elected school boards rarely change to appointed boards, but Jersey City could be next"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227024542/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2020/01/elected-school-boards-rarely-change-to-appointed-boards-but-jersey-city-could-be-next.html |date=February 27, 2020 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', January 8, 2020. Accessed February 2, 2020. "The last time voters gave up the right to elect a school board was in 2004 in Rockleigh Township, said Frank Belluscio, communications director for the New Jersey School Board Association. When given a similar opportunity in 2016, voters in Carteret rejected a proposal to change its school board from elected to appointed."</ref>

Eighth grade students from all of Middlesex County are eligible to apply to attend the high school programs offered by the [[Middlesex County Magnet Schools]], a county-wide vocational school district that offers full-time career and technical education at its schools in [[East Brunswick Magnet School|East Brunswick]], [[Edison Academy Magnet School|Edison]], [[Perth Amboy Magnet School|Perth Amboy]], [[Piscataway Magnet School|Piscataway]] and [[Woodbridge Academy Magnet School|Woodbridge Township]], with no tuition charged to students for attendance.<ref>Heyboer, Kelly. [https://www.nj.com/news/g66l-2019/02/1b0ab48c995308/how-to-get-your-kid-a-seat-in-one-of-njs-hardesttogetinto-high-schools.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]], February 23, 2019. Accessed February 8, 2025. "Middlesex County has two stand-alone career academies for high-achieving students: the Academy for Science, Math and Engineering Technology, located on the campus of Middlesex County College in Edison, and the Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences in Woodbridge. How to apply: Students must attend a mandatory information session and submit an application by November of their 8th grade year."</ref><ref>[https://www.mcmsnj.net/about About Our Schools], [[Middlesex County Magnet Schools]]. Accessed February 8, 2025. "These high schools are free public schools that offer hands-on, integrated learning opportunities for students in grades 9-12 interested in all types of careers as well as higher education. Any student who resides anywhere in Middlesex County's 25 municipalities student may apply to the school district. If accepted, the home school district will permit the student to attend and will organize daily transportation at no cost to the student's family."</ref>

Saint Joseph School serves students in Pre-K–8 as part of Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church and is overseen by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen]].<ref>[http://www.sjps.net/sjps/About Us/ About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111233033/http://www.sjps.net/sjps/About |date=January 11, 2015 }}, Saint Joseph School. Accessed July 25, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.diometuchen.org/parishes/index.cfm?intType=4&id=6 St. Joseph School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928141956/http://www.diometuchen.org/parishes/index.cfm?intType=4&id=6 |date=September 28, 2011 }}, [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen]]. Accessed July 5, 2011.</ref>

A private rabbinical college, [[Yeshiva Gedola of Carteret]], opened in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Hundreds in Carteret for Hachnosas Sefer Torah|date=January 7, 2009|work=[[Hamodia]]}}</ref><ref>Green, Miriam. "Catapaulted to Carteret: Detour to destiny", ''[[Binah (magazine)|Binah]]'' Pesach supplement, April 11, 2011, pp. 24–29. Accessed September 5, 2011.</ref>