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Schools in Cookstown

Cookstown’s public schools

Northern Burlington Regional School District and New Hanover Township School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cookstown. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above New Jersey’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in New Jersey’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
54%
2021–22
Math proficiency
43%
2021–22
Graduate on time
97%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$25.6K
▼ 10% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024 · Northern Burlington Regional
Students per teacher
11.7
NJ 11.6
Schools in town
0
1,509 students on the public path
In brief

Cookstown’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Cookstown’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s 2,144 public schools. Northern Burlington County Regional High School places highest (better than 64%); New Hanover Township School lowest (25%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Cookstown, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8New Hanover Township Schoolin WrightstownC
9–12Northern Burlington County Regional High Schoolin ColumbusB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Northern Burlington Regional School District.

Two districts serve Cookstown

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Northern Burlington Regional School DistrictGrades 7–12 · 2 schools · 2,059 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 12.0 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$25,636NJ $28,441 · FY2024
B+
New Hanover Township School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 1 schools · 185 students, up 11% since 2020–21 · 9.1 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$30,492NJ $28,441 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading · 7–12, Northern Burlington Regional School District54%
State average 48.6% · 1039 students tested
Math · 7–12, Northern Burlington Regional School District43%
State average 35.5% · 1043 students tested
Reading · PK–8, New Hanover Township School District27%
State average 48.6% · 121 students tested
Math · PK–8, New Hanover Township School District17%
State average 35.5% · 121 students tested

Cookstown vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New Jersey towns that share Cookstown’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cookstown—New Hanover Township PK–8 · Northern Burlington Regional 7–12
New Hanover—Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
North HanoverBNorth Hanover Township PK–6 · Northern Burlington Regional 7–12

Every school in Cookstown

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Jersey’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Cookstownin other towns
New Hanover Township School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Wrightstown
C
185 students9:1Rate it →
Northern Burlington County Regional High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Columbus
B
1,324 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Cookstown’s schools

Are Cookstown’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cookstown. Northern Burlington Regional School District and New Hanover Township School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cookstown. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Cookstown in?

Northern Burlington Regional School District and New Hanover Township School District.

Where do Cookstown kids go to high school?

Northern Burlington County Regional High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.