Editing Newton, New Jersey (section)

===Elementary and secondary schools===
The [[Newton Public School District]] serves students in [[kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]]. The district's enrollment includes high school students from [[Andover, New Jersey|Andover Borough]] and [[Andover Township, New Jersey|Andover]] and [[Green Township, New Jersey|Green]] townships, who attend the high school as part of [[sending/receiving relationship]]s.<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=0c3c63249e924947a495d3abb63a87a4 Newton Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Newton Public School District. Accessed April 29, 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 Newton School District. Composition: The Newton School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Newton and a sending/receiving relationship with Andover Regional and Green Township."</ref><ref>[http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/2013/narrative/37/3590/37-3590-050.html Newton High School 2013 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 19, 2015. "Newton High School serves students from Andover Township, Andover Borough, and Green Township as well as historic Newton."</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,586 students and 137.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.6:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3411400&DistrictID=3411400 District information for Newton Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411400 School Data for the Newton Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are 
Merriam Avenue School<ref>[https://www.newtonnj.org/o/mas Merriam Avenue School], Newton Public School District. Accessed October 16, 2023.</ref> with 451 students in grades PreK-4, 
Halsted Middle School<ref>[https://www.newtonnj.org/o/hms Halsted Middle School], Newton Public School District. Accessed October 16, 2023.</ref> with 331 students in grades 5-8 and 
[[Newton High School (New Jersey)|Newton High School]]<ref>[https://www.newtonnj.org/o/nhs Newton High School], Newton Public School District. Accessed October 16, 2023.</ref> with 710 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/37/3590 School Performance Reports for the Newton Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3590 New Jersey School Directory for the Newton Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Founded in 1956, the Saint Joseph's Regional School was a private school affiliated with parish of Newton's Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church and overseen by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson]].<ref name="SJRSprofile">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032502/http://www.stjosephregionalschool.org/about/school-profile About Us: 2015–2016 School Profile], St Joseph's Regional School, Newton, New Jersey, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of Match 4, 2016. Accessed September 17, 2018.</ref> St Joseph's provided classes from pre-kindergarten (ages 3–5) to seventh-grade for a total enrollment of 140 students.<ref name="SJRSprofile" /> The school closed in June 2016 and was one of four schools that merged into Reverend George Brown School in [[Sparta, New Jersey|Sparta]].<ref>Scruton, Bruce A. [https://www.njherald.com/article/20160128/ARTICLE/301289986 "Catholic schools to merge at Pope John campus"], ''[[New Jersey Herald]]'', January 28, 2016. Accessed September 17, 2018. "Four Catholic elementary schools, three in Sussex County and the fourth in Netcong, are merging, and by the end of the next school year, students will be housed on a campus at Pope John XXIII Regional High School that will include a new Pope John Middle School, parents were told at a meeting Wednesday.... With the opening of Pope John XXIII Middle School, three current elementary schools &ndash; Immaculate Conception Regional School in Franklin, St. Joseph Regional School in Newton and St. Michael School in Netcong &ndash; will close."</ref>

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|File:Merriam_Avenue_Elementary_School_Newton_New_Jersey.jpg|Merriam Avenue Elementary School (Public, Grades K–5)
|File:Halsted_Street_Middle_School_Newton_New_Jersey.jpg|Halsted Street Middle School (Public, Grades 6–8)
|File:Saint_Joseph's_Regional_School_Jefferson_Street_Newton_New_Jersey.jpg|Saint Joseph's Regional School (Private, Pre-K–8)
|File:Newton_High_School_-_Newton_New_Jersey.jpg|Newton High School (Public, Grades 9–12)
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