Public schools in Warren County experienced a sharp increase in reports of bullying and drug use since the year before the pandemic.
Warren County schools reported 52% more bullying incidents in the 2021-22 school year than in the 2018-19 school year, a New Jersey 101.5 analysis of Department of Education data shows.
Reports of drug use climbed by 27%.
Violent incidents, however, declined by 9%.
At the same time, schools in New Jersey have been recording an annual decline in enrollment.
In the county, the school with the highest rate of all incidents was North Warren Regional School.
The data is based on the annual School Performance Reports for the 2021-22 school year. All the schools in the county are listed below listed alphabetically in order of school district.
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Warren County schools — Bullying, violence and drug rates
Allamuchy Township SchoolAllamuchy Township School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 02.20 — (Total incidents: 6)Violence rate: 03.66 — (Total incidents: 10)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Alpha Borough SchoolAlpha Borough School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 02.05 — (Total incidents: 4)Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Belvidere Elementary SchoolBelvidere School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 02.0 — (Total incidents: 5)Violence rate: 0.80 — (Total incidents: 2)Drug rate: 0.40 — (Total incidents: 1)
Belvidere High SchoolBelvidere School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 0.54 — (Total incidents: 2)Violence rate: 01.36 — (Total incidents: 5)Drug rate: 03.27 — (Total incidents: 12)
Central Elementary SchoolGreat Meadows Regional School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)Violence rate: 0.67 — (Total incidents: 2)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Great Meadows Regional Middle SchoolGreat Meadows Regional School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 04.46 — (Total incidents: 15)Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Stewartsville Middle SchoolGreenwich Township School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 01.73 — (Total incidents: 4)Violence rate: 02.17 — (Total incidents: 5)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
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Hackettstown High SchoolHackettstown Public School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 0.80 — (Total incidents: 7)Violence rate: 0.57 — (Total incidents: 5)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Hackettstown Middle SchoolHackettstown Public School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 02.53 — (Total incidents: 12)Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)Drug rate: 0.21 — (Total incidents: 1)
Willow Grove Elementary SchoolHackettstown Public School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 01.90 — (Total incidents: 7)Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
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Hope Township SchoolHope Township School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 0.77 — (Total incidents: 1)Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Lopatcong Elementary SchoolLopatcong Township School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 0.84 — (Total incidents: 3)Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Lopatcong Township Middle SchoolLopatcong Township School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 04.21 — (Total incidents: 15)Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Mansfield Township ElementaryMansfield Township Elementary School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 0.18 — (Total incidents: 1)Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
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North Warren Regional SchoolNorth Warren Regional School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 02.15 — (Total incidents: 14)Violence rate: 01.23 — (Total incidents: 8)Drug rate: 02.61 — (Total incidents: 17)
Oxford Central SchoolOxford Township School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 01.50 — (Total incidents: 4)Violence rate: 01.13 — (Total incidents: 3)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Phillipsburg Elementary SchoolPhillipsburg School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 0.67 — (Total incidents: 4)Violence rate: 0.67 — (Total incidents: 4)Drug rate: 0.34 — (Total incidents: 2)
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Phillipsburg High SchoolPhillipsburg School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 0.45 — (Total incidents: 8)Violence rate: 0.34 — (Total incidents: 6)Drug rate: 05.09 — (Total incidents: 90)
Phillipsburg Middle SchoolPhillipsburg School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)Violence rate: 0.29 — (Total incidents: 2)Drug rate: 03.02 — (Total incidents: 21)
Warren County Vocational Technical SchoolWarren County Vocational Technical School(Warren)Bullying rate: 04.78 — (Total incidents: 20)Violence rate: 0.72 — (Total incidents: 3)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
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Warren Hills Regional High SchoolWarren Hills Regional School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 0.54 — (Total incidents: 6)Violence rate: 02.72 — (Total incidents: 30)Drug rate: 0.91 — (Total incidents: 10)
Warren Hills Regional Middle SchoolWarren Hills Regional School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 03.92 — (Total incidents: 20)Violence rate: 0.39 — (Total incidents: 2)Drug rate: 0.59 — (Total incidents: 3)
Taylor Street Elementary SchoolWashington Borough School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 0.49 — (Total incidents: 1)Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
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Washington Memorial Elementary SchoolWashington Borough School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 01.97 — (Total incidents: 6)Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Brass Castle SchoolWashington Township School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 0.43 — (Total incidents: 1)Violence rate: 0.86 — (Total incidents: 2)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Port Colden SchoolWashington Township School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 0.60 — (Total incidents: 1)Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
White Township Consolidated SchoolWhite Township Consolidated School District(Warren)Bullying rate: 0.79 — (Total incidents: 2)Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)