Editing Stanhope, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Stanhope Public Schools]] serve students in [[kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]].<ref>[https://www.stanhopeschools.org/cms/lib03/NJ01001951/Centricity/Domain/40/Stanhope%200000%20Bylaw%2001-02-2014.pdf#page=7 Stanhope Board of Education Bylaw 0110 - Identification], Stanhope Public Schools. Accessed September 2, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through eight in the Stanhope School District. Composition: The Stanhope School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Stanhope."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/37/5030 School Performance Reports for the Stanhope School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 1, 2024.</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 292 students and 30.1 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 9.7:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3415720&DistrictID=3415720 District information for Stanhope School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>

For [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s, the borough shares [[Lenape Valley Regional High School]], which serves public school students from [[Netcong, New Jersey|Netcong]] in [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]] and the [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex County]] communities of [[Byram Township, New Jersey|Byram Township]] and Stanhope.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/37/2615/050.html Lenape Valley Regional High School 2016 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 10, 2020. "Lenape Valley Regional High School is a comprehensive, academic high school serving approximately 800 students in grades 9 through 12 from Byram Township and Stanhope Borough in Sussex County and from Netcong Borough in Morris County."</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 657 students and 54.1 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.1:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408500&ID=340850005378 School data for Lenape Valley Regional High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Students from the borough had attended [[Netcong High School]] until 1974, when the Lenape Valley district was created.<ref>Gansberg, Martin. [https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/29/archives/netcong-links-its-problems-to-i80.html "Netcong Links Its Problems to I-80"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 29, 1974. Accessed December 14, 2016. "And taxes have taken a big jump because of the need for joining with adjacent Stanhope in operating a regional high school, Lenape Valley, which opened last week.... The reason for the increase is because Netcong had to join with Stanhope, which is in Sussex County, to construct the regional high school."</ref><ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/26/archives/lenape-starts-fast-new-jersey-sports.html "New Jersey Sports Lenape Start Fast"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 26, 1974. Accessed December 14, 2016. "Snyder is the 36‐year‐old head football coach at new Lenape Valley Regional High School, which opened its doors last month to students who formerly attended Sparta High and defunct Netcong High."</ref><ref>Carlson, Joe. [http://www.njherald.com/story/23976183/christmas-star-is-subject-of-planetarium-show# "Christmas star is subject of planetarium show"], ''[[New Jersey Herald]]'', November 15, 2013. Accessed December 14, 2016. "The 53-seat planetarium, the only one in Sussex County, has been teaching students about the universe since Netcong, Byram and Stanhope combined to form Lenape Valley Regional High School in 1974."</ref> Seats on the high school district's nine-member board of education are allocated based on the populations of the constituent municipalities, with two seats assigned to Stanhope.<ref>Danzis, David. [https://www.njherald.com/news/20160722/bender-not-running-for-reelection-to-lenape-valley-school-board "Bender not running for reelection to Lenape Valley school board"], ''[[New Jersey Herald]]'', July 22, 2016. Accessed August 31, 2020. "A member of the Lenape Valley Regional High School Board of Education announced he is not running for re-election in November.... The nine-member board currently has two representatives from Stanhope, five from Byram and two from Netcong."</ref><ref>[https://www.lvhs.org/cms/lib/NJ01912766/Centricity/Domain/253/2020%20roster.doc Board of Education Roster], Lenape Valley Regional High School. Accessed August 31, 2020.</ref>