Editing Denville Township, New Jersey (section)

== Education ==
[[File:Mksign.jpg|250px|right|thumb|[[Morris Knolls High School]]]]
The [[Denville Township School District]] serve public school students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=021fcd85cc2e4c7f8acf830a9a3773fd Denville Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Denville Township School District, adopted February 26, 1996. Accessed January 7, 2025. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through Eighth in the Denville Township School District. Composition The Denville: Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Denville Township."</ref> As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,700 students and 167.8 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.1:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3403870&DistrictID=3403870 District information for Denville Township K-8 School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 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=3403870 School Data for the Denville Township School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref>) are 
Lakeview Elementary School<ref>[https://www.lv.denville.org/ Lakeview Elementary School], Denville Township School District. Accessed January 7, 2025.</ref> with 691 students in grades PreK–5, 
Riverview Elementary School<ref>[https://www.rv.denville.org/ Riverview Elementary School], Denville Township School District. Accessed January 7, 2025.</ref> with 460 students in grades K–5 and 
Valleyview Middle School<ref>[https://www.vv.denville.org/ Valleyview Middle School], Denville Township School District. Accessed January 7, 2025.</ref> with 539 students in grades 6–8.<ref>[https://cdnsm5-ss16.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_81878/File/District/Key%20Communicators/Key%20Communicators%20July%202021.pdf School District Key Communicators], Denville Township School District, updated July 9, 2021. Accessed January 7, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/27/1090 School Performance Reports for the Denville Township School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1090 New Jersey School Directory for the Denville Township School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Riverview Elementary School was one of nine schools in New Jersey honored in 2020 by the [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program]], which recognizes high student achievement.<ref>[https://nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/awardwinners/reports/2020/all_2020_national_blue_ribbon_schools.pdf#page=23 2020 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Non-Public Schools], [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program]]. Accessed September 27, 2020.</ref><ref>Clark, Adam. [https://www.nj.com/education/2020/09/9-nj-schools-just-won-a-huge-national-honor.html "9 N.J. schools just won a huge national honor"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 24, 2020. Accessed September 27, 2020. "Nine New Jersey public schools have been awarded the national Blue Ribbon designation, one of the highest honors in education. The schools were recognized Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education for high student achievement."</ref>

Students in public school for [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s typically attend [[Morris Knolls High School]], which is located in Denville, but has a Rockaway address, along with most students from [[Rockaway Township, New Jersey|Rockaway Township]].<ref>[http://www.mhrd.org/cms/lib07/NJ01000236/Centricity/Domain/13/ProgramofStudies%20Final%202017-18.pdf#page=10 ''Program of Studies 2017-2018'' - About Our School District], Morris Hills Regional District. Accessed January 2, 2017. "Morris Knolls High School receives students from Denville, all of Rockaway Township with the exception of White Meadow Lake and the area described above in the southern part of Rockaway Township, Rockaway Borough south of Route #46 with the exception of the area of Rockaway Road and the Trailer Park behind the Boro Plaza (west of the railroad track) south of Route #46."</ref> The high school is part of the [[Morris Hills Regional High School District]], which also serves the residential communities of [[Rockaway, New Jersey|Rockaway Borough]] and [[Wharton, New Jersey|Wharton]].<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/27/3370/000.html Morris Hills Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed July 11, 2016. "Our schools' success is directly attributed to the support we receive from the residents of Denville, Rockaway Borough, Rockaway Township and Wharton - people who care about their children and who value education."</ref> As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,473 students and 137.5 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.7:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3410740&ID=341074004354 School data for Morris Knolls High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref>

[[Morris Catholic High School]] is a four-year comprehensive [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] regional high school that was founded in 1957, which is operated as part of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson|Diocese of Paterson]].<ref>[http://www.patdioschools.org/morris-county Morris County], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson]] Catholic Schools Office. Accessed November 10, 2015.</ref>

[[Assumption College for Sisters]] is a [[Junior college|two-year]] [[Roman Catholic]] [[Women's colleges in the United States|women's college]]. Founded in 1953 through an affiliation with [[Seton Hall University]], Assumption is run by the [[Sisters of Christian Charity]]. Primarily designed to prepare women for work in religious vocations, Assumption specializes in [[Theology|theological studies]] and the [[liberal arts]]. It is the last remaining [[sisters' college]], or college primarily designed to educate [[nun]]s, in the United States.<ref>[http://acs350.org/college/ About], [[Assumption College for Sisters]]. Accessed June 4, 2018.</ref> In 2014, the school relocated to a convent on the campus of [[Morris Catholic High School]].<ref>Westhoven, William. [https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/local/2014/11/03/njs-smallest-college-moving-denville/18428929/ "NJ's smallest college moving to Denville"], ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Record]]'', November 3, 2014. Accessed June 4, 2018. "The Assumption College for Sisters is moving operations — and many of its students — to the unoccupied convent at Morris Catholic Regional High School in Denville. The only 'sister-formation' college of its kind still operating in the United States and the smallest degree-granting institution in New Jersey, Assumption is moving from the 112-acre campus in the middle of the borough as part of a reorganization and consolidation of the properties owned by Sisters of Christian Charity."</ref>