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Schools in Gillette

Gillette’s public schools

Long Hill Township School District and Watchung Hills Regional School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Gillette. 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 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
69%
2021–22
Math proficiency
55%
2021–22
Spent per student
$28.9K
▲ 2% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024 · Watchung Hills Regional
Students per teacher
11.2
NJ 11.6
Schools in town
0
2,514 students on the public path
In brief

Gillette’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Gillette’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s 2,144 public schools. Watchung Hills Regional High School places highest (better than 83%); Millington Elementary School lowest (65%). 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 Gillette, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–1Gillette Elementary SchoolLong Hill Township School DistrictNo scores
2–5Millington Elementary Schoolin MillingtonB+
6–8Central Middle Schoolin StirlingA−
9–12Watchung Hills Regional High Schoolin WarrenA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Long Hill Township School District.

Two districts serve Gillette

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

Long Hill Township School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 3 schools · 861 students, up 9% since 2020–21 · 10.5 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$25,261NJ $28,441 · FY2024
A−
Watchung Hills Regional School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 1 schools · 1,653 students, down 13% since 2020–21 · 11.6 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$28,931NJ $28,441 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–8, Long Hill Township School District69%
State average 48.6% · 541 students tested
Math · PK–8, Long Hill Township School District55%
State average 35.5% · 541 students tested
Reading · 9–12, Watchung Hills Regional School District65%
State average 48.6% · 425 students tested
Math · 9–12, Watchung Hills Regional School District47%
State average 35.5% · 445 students tested

Gillette vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Gillette—Long Hill Township PK–8 · Watchung Hills Regional 9–12
Long HillA−Long Hill Township PK–8 · Watchung Hills Regional 9–12
Berkeley HeightsA−Berkeley Heights Township
WarrenA−Warren Township PK–8 · Watchung Hills Regional 9–12
Chatham—The Chathams

2 of the 4 neighbors share Watchung Hills Regional with Gillette for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Gillette

4 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 Gillettein other towns
Gillette Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–1
215 students11:1Rate it →
Millington Elementary School
Elementary · Grades 2–5 · Millington
B+
362 students10:1Rate it →
Central Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Stirling
A−
284 students11:1Rate it →
Watchung Hills Regional High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Warren
A−
1,653 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Gillette’s schools

Are Gillette’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Gillette. Long Hill Township School District and Watchung Hills Regional School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Gillette. 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 Gillette in?

Long Hill Township School District and Watchung Hills Regional School District.

Where do Gillette kids go to high school?

Watchung Hills 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.