The Franklin Township Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising 10 schools, had an enrollment of 7,150 students and 703.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1. The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. Awards and recognition For the 1993-94 school year, Hillcrest Elementary School was named as a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve. The school was honored again in the 1995-96 school year. NAMM named the district in its 2009 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 124 school districts nationwide. Schools Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are: Elementary schools Claremont Elementary School (665 students; in grades PreK-5) - school opened for 2018-19 school year Nicole Sury-Bevere, Principal Conerly Road School (400; PreK-5) Donna S. Burnett, Principal Elizabeth Avenue School (493; PreK-5) John Haney, Principal Franklin Park School (664; PreK-5) Rebekah Solomon, Principal Hillcrest School (436; PreK-5) Albert Fico, Principal MacAfee Road School (381; PreK-5) Karen Adams, Principal Pine Grove Manor School (331; PreK-5) Miguel Rivera, Principal Middle schools Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street Campus (706; 6-8) Nicholas Solomon, Principal Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith Campus (797; 6-8) Evelyn Rutledge, Principal High school Franklin High School (2,146; 9-12) Frank Chmiel, Principal Former and converted schools The "One Less Move" referendum On December 9, 2014, a referendum was held in Franklin and was passed by voters (1,971 in favor and 1,477 against) to fix the overcrowding issues in all the district's schools (except for the High School) and for facility upgrades and additions so that they could eliminate the use of modular classrooms (trailers). It was projected that over 700 new students would come to the district as a result of new housing developments being built around town. On top of that, the grade level