Hopewell Valley Regional School District serves the two boroughs of Pennington and Hopewell and the much larger Hopewell Township, a sending area of nearly 60 square miles with a population exceeding 20,000. Six schools comprise the district -- four K-5 elementary schools, a middle school and a high school. Enrollment for the 2011-2012 year is approximately 3,850.

The elementary schools are traditional neighborhood schools in their orientation. Bear Tavern Elementary, named for the historic Revolutionary War-era inn located just a scant third mile away, serves youngsters in the Titusville section and western reaches of Hopewell Township. In the township's southern tier, where the sprawling Brandon Farms housing development is situated, children attend Stony Brook Elementary, the district's newest school, opened in 2002. Youngsters living in and around the historic boroughs of Hopewell and Penningon are served by Hopewell Elementary and Toll Gate Grammar School, respectively. Dating to the 1920s, the schoolhouses are attractive historic landmarks in the well-preserved architectural fabric of their communities.

Once they reach 6th grade, students from throughout Hopewell Valley are educated at Timberlane Middle School. The school, made up of grades 6 through 8, is centrally located, off Pennington-Titusville Road near Route 31. It shares a campus with Central High School, which students attend for grades 9 through 12.

The district's tuition-based preschool program is run at Hopewell Elementary.