Editing Chatham Borough, New Jersey (section)

===Public schools===
{{main|School District of the Chathams}}
The [[School District of the Chathams]] is a regional [[state school|public]] [[school district]] serving students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]] from Chatham and [[Chatham Township, New Jersey|Chatham Township]].<ref>[https://www.chatham-nj.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=14000&dataid=22951&FileName=Policy_0110.pdf School District of the Chathams District Policy 0110 - Identification], School District of the Chathams. Accessed July 15, 2022. "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 Chatham School District. Composition: The School District of the Chathams is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Chatham Borough and Chatham Township in the County of Morris."</ref> The two municipalities held elections in November 1986 to consider joining their separate school districts. This proposal was supported by the voters of both communities and since then, the two municipalities have shared a regionalized school district.<ref>Padawer, Ruth. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/bestplacestolive/side-by-side.html "Side By Side: Thirty years ago, Chatham Township was fighting—literally—for respect from Chatham Borough. Now it finishes first among the state's 566 municipalities in our biannual ranking. The Borough's response? 'Way to go!'"], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', February 19, 2008. Accessed September 27, 2014. "The high schools had to scramble to offer the Advanced Placement classes and electives that the new era required. Kids from one school would go to the other for particular classes, as if it were an extension of the same campus. By 1986, after a contentious vote in both towns, the two districts merged."</ref><ref>Belluscio, Frank. [http://www.njsba.org/school-leader/janfeb09.html "No Surprise: The State Wants Only K-12 Districts"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121005917/http://www.njsba.org/school-leader/janfeb09.html |date=January 21, 2012 }}, ''School Leader'', New Jersey School Boards Association, January / February 2009. Accessed September 27, 2014. "Since 1982, only four locally initiated regionalization proposals have succeeded:... School District of the Chathams (1986)—combining of the K-12 Chatham borough school district with the K-12 Chatham Township district."</ref> Starting with the 1988–1989 school year, Chatham High School was formed by merging the former [[Chatham Borough High School]] and [[Chatham Township High School]] facilities. The Chatham Borough High School building was repurposed as the Chatham Borough Hall.<ref>Walsh, Jeremy. [https://www.nj.com/news/2011/06/chatham_high_school_celebrates.html "Chatham High School celebrates past, present with centennial and graduation celebration"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', June 26, 2011, updated March 31, 2019. Accessed January 27, 2022. "The year 1911 was a time of auspicious beginnings.... And in the Chathams, six teens, their youth preserved today in a faded photograph, became the first class to graduate from the newly accredited Chatham High School.... The school building, then only six months old, is now Chatham Borough Hall."</ref>

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 3,930 students and 342.8 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.5:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3400004&DistrictID=3400004 District information for School District Of The Chathams], [[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=3400004 School Data for the School District of the Chathams], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref>) are 
Milton Avenue School<ref>[https://www.chatham-nj.org/Domain/1098 Milton Avenue School], School District of the Chathams. Accessed July 15, 2022.</ref> with 284 students in grades Pre-K–3, 
Southern Boulevard School<ref>[https://www.chatham-nj.org/Domain/1099 Southern Boulevard School], School District of the Chathams. Accessed July 15, 2022.</ref> with 414 students in grades K–3, 
Washington Avenue School<ref>[https://www.chatham-nj.org/Domain/1100 Washington Avenue School], School District of the Chathams. Accessed July 15, 2022.</ref> with 314 students in grades K–3, 
Lafayette School<ref>[https://www.chatham-nj.org/Domain/1097 Lafayette School], School District of the Chathams. Accessed July 15, 2022.</ref> with 592 students in grades 4–5, 
Chatham Middle School<ref>[https://www.chatham-nj.org/Domain/1096 Chatham Middle School], School District of the Chathams. Accessed July 15, 2022.</ref> with 984 students in grades 6–8 and 
[[Chatham High School (New Jersey)|Chatham High School]]<ref>[https://www.chatham-nj.org/Domain/1095 Chatham High School], School District of the Chathams. Accessed July 15, 2022.</ref> with 1,315 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/27/0785 School Performance Reports for the School District of the Chathams], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 31, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0785 New Jersey School Directory for the School District of the Chathams], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> The district [[board of education]] has nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration; the seats on the board are allocated to the constituent municipalities based on population, with the borough assigned four seats.<ref>[https://www.chatham-nj.org/page/63 Board of Education Members], School District of the Chathams. Accessed July 15, 2022.</ref>

For the 2004–2005 school year, Chatham High 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://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-2003.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982 Through 2013], [[United States Department of Education]]. Accessed September 27, 2014.</ref> the highest award an American school can receive. Milton Avenue School was one of 11 in the state to be recognized in 2014 by the United States Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon Schools Program.<ref>Goldman, Jeff. [http://www.nj.com/education/2014/10/which_nj_schools_were_named_to_national_blue_ribbon_list.html "Which N.J. schools were named to national 'Blue Ribbon' list?"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], October 2, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2014. "Eleven New Jersey schools have been named to the annual National Blue Ribbon list, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday."</ref><ref>[http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2014/national.pdf#page=17 2014 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Private], [[United States Department of Education]]. Accessed December 31, 2014.</ref> The district high school was the first-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.<ref>Staff. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/top-schools-alphabetical-list.html "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014"], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.</ref> The school had been ranked twentieth in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked eighth 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 September 23, 2012.</ref>