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==Education== Students in public school for grades [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]] attend the [[New Hanover Township School District]], a consolidated [[state school|public]] [[school district]] that serves students from both [[New Hanover Township, New Jersey|New Hanover Township]] and Wrightstown.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1314/narrative/05/3540/05-3540-000.html New Hanover Township School District 2014 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 14, 2020. "Built in 1938 with funding from the Public Works Administration, the New Hanover Township School currently serves the residents of Wrightstown and Cookstown as a vibrant, growing community of diverse learners spanning grades PK through 8."</ref><ref>[https://www.co.burlington.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/18358/Public-Schools-Directory-2023-24#page=60 ''Public Schools Directory 2023–2024''], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/05/3540 School Performance Reports for the New Hanover Township School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3540 New Jersey School Directory for the New Hanover Township 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 197 students and 19.4 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.2:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3411250&DistrictID=3411250 District information for New Hanover Township], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref> In the 2016–17 school year, the district had the 40th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state.<ref>Guion, Payton. [https://www.nj.com/education/2017/09/njs_smallest_school_districts.html "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 40. New Hanover Township (tie) – Enrollment: 190; Grades: Pre-K-8; County: Burlington"</ref> For [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s, public school students from both New Hanover Township and Wrightstown attend [[Bordentown Regional High School]] as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] with the [[Bordentown Regional School District]], a regional K-12 school district that serves students from [[Bordentown, New Jersey|Bordentown City]], [[Bordentown Township, New Jersey|Bordentown Township]] and [[Fieldsboro, New Jersey|Fieldsboro Borough]].<ref>[https://www.bordentown.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=443367&type=d&pREC_ID=955925 District Information], [[Bordentown Regional School District]]. Accessed February 5, 2025. "Our district is comprised of the Township of Bordentown, the City of Bordentown and the Borough of Fieldsboro. New Hanover Township sends students on a tuition basis grades 9-12."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/05/0475/000.html Bordentown Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed July 21, 2017. "Bordentown Regional School District is a vibrant learning community, proudly serving the communities of Fieldsboro, Bordentown City and Bordentown Township.... In addition to the three aforementioned communities, Bordentown Regional High School also welcomes students from New Hanover into its ninth-twelfth grade population."</ref><ref>Staff. [https://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/story/news/2015/04/26/regional-school-districts/17563855007/ "Regional School Districts"], ''[[Burlington County Times]]'', April 26, 2015. Accessed February 5, 2025. "Bordentown Regional - Serves: Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, Fieldsboro, New Hanover"</ref><ref>Zimmaro, Mark. [http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/burlington_county_times_news/figures-suggest-deficit-in-new-hanover-send-receive-school-proposal/article_1ca880c1-6f30-5c40-88bf-0c2b68ab08e6.html "Figures suggest deficit in New Hanover send-receive school proposal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204062802/http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/burlington_county_times_news/figures-suggest-deficit-in-new-hanover-send-receive-school-proposal/article_1ca880c1-6f30-5c40-88bf-0c2b68ab08e6.html |date=2011-12-04 }}, ''[[Burlington County Times]]'', December 4, 2011. Accessed December 17, 2011. "The idea of sending the district’s sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders to the Bordentown Regional Middle School on a tuition basis surfaced last year, but the school board shot down the proposal by a 4-3 vote.... The district has been considering sending 51 middle school students to Bordentown next year, in a similar agreement the districts have with the high school students. Bordentown Regional High School receives New Hanover and Wrightstown students in a 60-year-old agreement."</ref> As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 762 students and 55.5 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 13.7:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402030&ID=340203000960 School data for Bordentown Regional High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref> Students from Wrightstown, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the [[Burlington County Institute of Technology]], a countywide public school district that serves the vocational and technical education needs of students at the high school and post-secondary level at its campuses in [[Medford, New Jersey|Medford]] and [[Westampton, New Jersey|Westampton]].<ref>[https://www.bcit.cc/page/admissions-information Admissions Information], [[Burlington County Institute of Technology]]. Accessed February 1, 2025.</ref>
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