Editing New Providence, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
[[File:New Providence NJ elementary school with lamppost.jpg|thumb|Salt Brook Elementary School]]
The [[New Providence School District]] serves students in [[state school|public school]] for [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=cbe1b985a0a34fa882e5fb154c248855 New Providence Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], New Providence School District. Accessed October 15, 2024. "Composition: The New Providence School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of New Providence."</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 2,382 students and 189.8 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.6:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3411310&DistrictID=3411310 District information for New Providence School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411310 School Data for the New Providence School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>) are 
Allen W. Roberts Elementary School<ref>[https://www.npsd.k12.nj.us/Domain/317 Allen W. Roberts Elementary School], New Providence School District. Accessed October 15, 2024.</ref> with 676 students in grades PreK–6, 
Salt Brook Elementary School<ref>[https://www.npsd.k12.nj.us/Domain/238 Salt Brook Elementary School], New Providence School District. Accessed October 15, 2024.</ref> with 607 students in grades K–6, 
New Providence Middle School<ref>[https://www.npsd.k12.nj.us/Domain/171 New Providence Middle School], New Providence School District. Accessed October 15, 2024.</ref> with 398 students in grades 7–8 and 
[[New Providence High School]]<ref>[https://www.npsd.k12.nj.us/Domain/63 New Providence High School], New Providence School District. Accessed October 15, 2024.</ref> with 666 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/39/3560 School Performance Reports for the New Providence School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3560 New Jersey School Directory for the New Providence School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>  The middle school and high school share a common building and some of the same facilities (art rooms, auditorium, east wing, west wing, gyms, music rooms, TV production room, cafeteria).

During the 2007–08 school year, New Providence Middle School was recognized with the [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program|National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence]] by the [[United States Department of Education]],<ref>[http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2007/2007-schools.pdf#page=31 No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools Program: 2007 Schools], [[United States Department of Education]]. Accessed October 15, 2007.</ref> the highest award an American school can receive.<ref>"CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department", ''[[Journal Inquirer]]'', November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."</ref><ref>Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; ''[[The Washington Post]]'', September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."</ref> The district's high school was the top-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide in ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'' magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 5th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.<ref>Staff. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/the-top-new-jersey-high-schools-alphabetical.html "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical"], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', August 16, 2012. Accessed March 18, 2015.</ref>

Serving students in Pre-K–3 through Grade 8, The Academy of Our Lady of Peace is accredited by the [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]] and operates under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]].<ref>[https://catholicschoolsnj.org/elementary/union-elementary/ Union County Catholic Elementary Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818175743/https://catholicschoolsnj.org/elementary/union-elementary/ |date=August 18, 2016 }}, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed July 20, 2016.</ref> The school was one of eight private schools recognized in 2017 by the [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program]] as an Exemplary High Performing School by the [[United States Department of Education]].<ref>Pries, Allison. [http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2017/09/17_new_jersey_schools_earn_national_blue_ribbon_award.html 17 "New Jersey schools earn National Blue Ribbon Award"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 29, 2017. Accessed October 18, 2017.</ref>