East Hanover School District

The East Hanover School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from East Hanover, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2020-21 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 908 students and 94.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6:1.

In 2020, the district was classified as a high performing school according to the State Department of Education's NJQSAC monitoring process.

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.

Students in ninth through twelfth grades for public school are served by the Hanover Park Regional High School District, attending Hanover Park High School in East Hanover, together with students from Florham Park. The district also serves students from the neighboring community of Hanover Township at Whippany Park High School in the Whippany section of Hanover Township. As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 642 students and 58.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.

Schools
The schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are:
 * Elementary schools
 * Frank J. Smith Elementary School with 322 students in grades PreK-2
 * Kristen D'Anna, principal
 * Central Elementary School with 289 students in grades 3-5
 * Melissa V. Falcone, principal
 * Middle school
 * East Hanover Middle School with 289 students in grades 6-8
 * Stacie Costello, principal

Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
 * Natalee Vaccaro Bartlett, superintendent
 * Carol Delsandro, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education
The district's board of education, comprised of seven members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.