Public schools in Williamstown, NJ

Williamstown has 7 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, enrolling 5,924 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Monroe Township Public Schools runs 6 of them.

The 2 districts and agencies that run Williamstown's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in WilliamstownDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Monroe Township Public Schools65,804$21,700
Buena Regional School District11,602$29,056

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

One high school in Williamstown, 1,769 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Williamstown High School1,76914.629.6%Monroe Township Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in Williamstown, 1,694 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Williamstown Middle School1,69411.632.9%Monroe Township Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

5 elementary schools in Williamstown, 2,461 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Williamstown's public schools compare with New Jersey's

The median Williamstown school has 11.6 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the New Jersey median of 11.3. 14% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 31% across the state. Its median school enrolls 609 students (state 435).

Williamstown against New Jersey, schools open in 2024-25 with students
WilliamstownNew Jersey
Median students per teacher11.611.3
Median school size (students)609435
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)14%31%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%8.1%
Charter schools0%3.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 7 Williamstown schools and the 2,480 New Jersey schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Williamstown

  1. Monroe Township Public SchoolsRuns 6 of Williamstown's 7 public schools and spent $21,700 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$21,700
  2. Williamstown High School, the largest high school in Williamstown1,769 students in 2024-25, 14.6 per teacher.1,769
  3. Compare Monroe Township Public Schools with Buena Regional School DistrictWilliamstown's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in New JerseyNew Jersey's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Williamstown addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in New Jersey

  1. Newark78 schools
  2. Jersey City52 schools
  3. Paterson46 schools
  4. Elizabeth38 schools
  5. Trenton34 schools
  6. Hamilton26 schools
  7. Camden22 schools
  8. East Orange21 schools

Questions about schools in Williamstown

  1. How many public schools are in Williamstown, NJ?
    7 public schools with an address in Williamstown were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, enrolling 5,924 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Williamstown?
    Williamstown High School, with 1,769 students in 2024-25 (Monroe Township Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run Williamstown's schools?
    Monroe Township Public Schools (6 schools), Buena Regional School District (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25