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==Education== {{Further|Phillipsburg School District}} The [[Phillipsburg School District]] serves public school students from [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]]<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=20223e8f0c7c411baeff704e72125359 Phillipsburg Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Phillipsburg School District. Accessed May 6, 2020. "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 Phillipsburg School District. Composition: The Phillipsburg School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Town of Phillipsburg."</ref> The district is one of 31 former [[Abbott district]]s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] in ''Abbott v. Burke''<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History What We Do: History], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the ''Abbott v. Burke'' case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."</ref> which are now referred to as "SDA districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]].<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref> As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 3,877 students and 329.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.8:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3412960&DistrictID=3412960 District information for Phillipsburg School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412960 School Data for the Phillipsburg School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref>) are Early Childhood Learning Center<ref>[https://eclc.pburgsd.net/ Early Childhood Learning Center], Phillipsburg School District. Accessed July 14, 2022.</ref> with 354 students in grades Pre-K–K, Phillipsburg Primary School<ref>[https://pps.pburgsd.net/ Phillipsburg Primary School], Phillipsburg School District. Accessed July 14, 2022.</ref> with 391 students in grades 1–2, Phillipsburg Elementary School<ref>[https://pes.pburgsd.net/ Phillipsburg Elementary School], Phillipsburg School District. Accessed July 14, 2022.</ref> with 609 students in grades 3–5, Phillipsburg Middle School<ref>[https://pms.pburgsd.net/ Phillipsburg Middle School], Phillipsburg School District. Accessed July 14, 2022.</ref> with 704 students in grades 6–8, and [[Phillipsburg High School (New Jersey)|Phillipsburg High School]]<ref>[https://phs.pburgsd.net/ Phillipsburg High School], Phillipsburg School District. Accessed May 6, 2020.</ref> with 1,730 students in grades 9–12.<ref name=WarrenDistricts>[https://www.warrencountynj.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/4963/637976372031370000#page=25 ''Warren County 2022-2023 Public School Directory''], [[Warren County, New Jersey]]. Accessed December 27, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/41/4100 School Performance Reports for the Phillipsburg School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4100 New Jersey School Directory for the Phillipsburg School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> The Phillipsburg High School Stateliners have a longstanding athletic rivalry with neighboring [[Easton, Pennsylvania|Easton]], [[Pennsylvania]]'s [[Easton Area High School]], which celebrated its 100th anniversary game on Thanksgiving Day 2006.<ref>Patrick, Dick. [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2005-09-21-rivalries_x.htm "High school rivals are like family"], ''[[USA Today]]'', September 21, 2005. Accessed August 17, 2012. "Phillipsburg (N.J.)-Easton (Pa.): The game, played on Thanksgiving morning at Lafayette College in Easton, will celebrate 100 years in 2006."</ref> In 2009, the 1993 teams from the Easton P-Burg Game met again for the [[REPLAY the Series|Gatorade REPLAY Game]] to resolve the game, which ended in a 7–7 tie, with more than 13,000 fans watching as Phillipsburg won by a score of 27–12.<ref>Conover, Allan. [http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2009/04/phillipsburg_beats_easton_in_g.html "Phillipsburg beats Easton in Gatorade Replay football"], ''Warren Reporter'', April 29, 2009. Accessed August 17, 2012. "For almost three toasty hours earlier in the day, however, Wargo had been among the most prominent Phillipsburg football players in Lafayette College's Fisher Stadium and was a key performer in the Stateliners' 27–12 triumph over Easton as 13,350 sun-baked spectators looked on. Wargo, a tackle, was selected as the game's 'Outstanding Defensive Player,' an honor he never gave a thought to while helping the 'Exliners' win the rematch of the 1993 Thanksgiving Day battle which ended in a 7–7 stalemate."</ref> The district's high school serves students from the Town of Phillipsburg and five sending communities at the secondary level: [[Alpha, New Jersey|Alpha]], [[Bloomsbury, New Jersey|Bloomsbury]] (in [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Hunterdon County]]), [[Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey|Greenwich Township]], [[Lopatcong Township, New Jersey|Lopatcong Township]] and [[Pohatcong Township, New Jersey|Pohatcong Township]], as part of [[sending/receiving relationship]]s with the respective school districts.<ref name=About>[https://www.pburgsd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1201400&type=d&pREC_ID=1440845 About PSD], Phillipsburg School District. Accessed May 6, 2020. "The district serves students from the Town of Phillipsburg and five sending communities at the secondary level: Alpha, Bloomsbury, Greenwich, Lopatcong and Pohatcong Townships."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/41/4100/050.html Phillipsburg High School 2016 Report Card Narrative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414162109/https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/41/4100/050.html |date=April 14, 2017 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 13, 2017. "At the secondary level, the district serves not only students from the town of Phillipsburg which makes up 41% of the high school population, but also students from the surrounding boroughs of Alpha and Bloomsbury, as well as the townships of Greenwich, Lopatcong, and Pohatcong."</ref><ref name=WarrenDistricts/> Students from the town and all of Warren County are eligible to attend Ridge and Valley Charter School in [[Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey|Frelinghuysen Township]] (for grades K–8)<ref>[http://www.ridgeandvalley.org/about-us/f-a-q/ F.A.Q.], Ridge and Valley Charter School. Accessed November 14, 2016. "Enrollment is open, on a space-available basis, to all K-8 students residing in N.J. with priority given to students residing in the districts of Blairstown, Hardwick, Knowlton, Frelinghuysen, and North Warren Regional School."</ref> or [[Warren County Technical School]] in [[Washington, New Jersey|Washington borough]] (for 9–12),<ref>[http://www.wctech.org/wcts/About%20Us/ About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927093127/http://www.wctech.org/wcts/About%20Us/ |date=September 27, 2013 }}, [[Warren County Technical School]]. Accessed September 16, 2013.</ref> with special education services provided by local districts supplemented throughout the county by the [[Warren County Special Services School District]] in [[Oxford Township, New Jersey|Oxford Township]] (for PreK–12).<ref name=WarrenDistricts/><ref>[http://wcsssd.org/?page_id=2 About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927023343/http://wcsssd.org/?page_id=2 |date=September 27, 2013 }}, [[Warren County Special Services School District]]. Accessed September 16, 2013.</ref> Private schools include Saints Philip & James School, which was established in 1875 and serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]], operating under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen]].<ref>[http://diometuchen.org/find-a-school/display/19 Saints Philip & James School], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen]]. Accessed August 8, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.sspjcatholicschool.com Home page], Saints Philip & James School. Accessed February 3, 2014.</ref>
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