Editing Mine Hill Township, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Mine Hill School District]] serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[sixth grade]] at Canfield Avenue School.<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=83d15f9a2b8747b99b3de18d31b5d9b4 Mine Hill Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Mine Hill School District, adopted May 27, 2008. Accessed January 20, 2025. "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 six in the Mine Hill Township School District. Composition: The Mine Hill Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Mine Hill Township."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/27/3240 School Performance Reports for the Mine Hill School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3240 New Jersey School Directory for the Mine Hill School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 371 students and 33.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.2:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3410350&DistrictID=3410350 District information for Mine Hill Township School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref>

During the 1991–92 school year, Canfield Avenue School was recognized with the [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program|National Blue Ribbon School Award]] from the [[United States Department of Education]], the highest honor that an American school can achieve.<ref>[https://www.ed.gov/sites/ed/files/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)], [[United States Department of Education]]. Accessed January 20, 2025.</ref>

For [[seventh grade|seventh]] through [[twelfth grade]]s, public school students attend the schools of the [[Dover School District (New Jersey)|Dover School District]] in [[Dover, New Jersey|Dover]] as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]].<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/27/1110/040.html Dover High School 2015 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 5, 2020. "Dover High School, located 40 miles from New York City, services approximately 900 high school students from the Town of Dover, the Borough of Victory Gardens, and the Township of Mine Hill."</ref> The district also serves students from [[Victory Gardens, New Jersey|Victory Gardens]], which has been fully consolidated into the Dover School District since 2010.<ref>Martin, Liz. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/92283744_Voters_have_their_say_on_the_budgets.html "Voters have their say on the budgets"], ''Neighbor News'', April 28, 2010. Accessed July 11, 2016. "The school board goes from 11 members to 10 after this election as the temporary Board seat assigned to the Victory Gardens representative Danielle Press expired permanently on April 20. Now that Victory Gardens has merged with the Dover school district, there will no longer be a dedicated Victory Gardens seat on the Board. Any resident from either Dover or Victory Gardens will be eligible to run for any available Board seat."</ref><ref>[https://www.nj.gov/education/news/2009/0701nonops.pdf "13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated"], [[New Jersey Department of Education]] press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed January 20, 2025.</ref> The high school was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon School Award in 2013.<ref>[https://www.ed.gov/sites/ed/files/programs/nclbbrs/2013/national.pdf#page=16 2013 National Blue Ribbon Schools; All Public and Private], [[United States Department of Education]]. Accessed January 20, 2025.</ref> Schools in the Dover School District attended by Mine Hill students (with 2023–24 enrollment from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3403930 School Data for the Dover School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref>) are 
Dover Middle School<ref>[https://dms.dover-nj.org/ Dover Middle School], Dover School District. Accessed January 20, 2025.</ref> with 511 students in grade 7–8 and
[[Dover High School (New Jersey)|Dover High School]]<ref>[https://dhs.dover-nj.org/ Dover High School], Dover School District. Accessed January 20, 2025.</ref> with 983 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1110 New Jersey School Directory for the Dover School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>