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Schools in Far Hills

Far Hills’s public schools

Somerset Hills Regional School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Far Hills. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools above New Jersey’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 97% 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
72%
2021–22
Math proficiency
54%
2021–22
Graduate on time
86%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$29.5K
▲ 4% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.1
NJ 11.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,605 students on the public path
In brief

Far Hills’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Far Hills’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s 2,144 public schools. Bernards High School places highest (better than 80%); Bernardsville Middle School lowest (69%). 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 Far Hills, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Marion T. Bedwell Elementary Schoolin BernardsvilleA−
5–8Bernardsville Middle Schoolin BernardsvilleB+
9–12Bernards High Schoolin BernardsvilleA−

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

The district

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

Somerset Hills Regional School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,605 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 10.1 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$29,474NJ $28,441 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading72%
State average 48.6% · 836 students tested
Math54%
State average 35.5% · 852 students tested

Far Hills vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Far Hills—Somerset Hills Regional
Peapack and GladstoneB+Somerset Hills Regional
BernardsABernards Township
BedminsterA−Bedminster Township
BernardsvilleB+Somerset Hills Regional

2 of the 4 neighbors share Somerset Hills Regional with Far Hills, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Far Hills

3 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 Far Hillsin other towns
Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Bernardsville
A−
435 students9:1Rate it →
Bernardsville Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Bernardsville
B+
419 students10:1Rate it →
Bernards High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Bernardsville
A−
751 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Far Hills’s schools

Are Far Hills’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Far Hills. Somerset Hills Regional School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Far Hills. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Far Hills in?

Somerset Hills Regional School District.

Where do Far Hills kids go to high school?

Bernards High School.

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What Far Hills families are saying about 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.