Blairstown Township School District

Blairstown Township School District
Superintendent: Mark Saalfield
Business Administrator: Molly Petty
Address: 1 Sunset Hill Road
Blairstown, NJ 07825
Grade Range: K-6
School facilities: 1
Enrollment: 721 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 50.4
Student–teacher ratio: 14.3
District Factor Group: FG
Web site: http://www.blairstownelem.net/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-6
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $10,435 7 $12,195 -14.4%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,104 18 7,366 -3.6%
6 Support Services 1,635 25 1,832 -10.8%
8 Administrative Cost 813 1 1,389 -41.5%
10 Operations & Maintenance 869 2 1,472 -41.0%
13 Extracurricular Activities 3 2 40 -92.5%
16 Median Teacher Salary 63,111 58 52,691
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=62

Blairstown Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in Blairstown Township, New Jersey, United States, that serves students in Kindergarten through sixth grade. Students from Hardwick Township, a non-operating school district, attend Blairstown Elementary School.[3]

Students in grades 7 through 12 for public school attend the North Warren Regional High School in Blairstown, a public secondary high school, serving students from the townships of Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick, and Knowlton.[4]

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 721 students and 50.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.3.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth 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.[5]

Contents

Schools

Blairstown Elementary School served 721 students in grades K-6, as of the 2008-09 school year.[6]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[8]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Blairstown Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 15, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Novak, Stephen J. "Hardwick Township School District among 13 'nonoperating' districts eliminated Wednesday", The Express-Times, July 2, 2009. Accessed March 15, 2011. "The Hardwick district had a board of education and a part-time board secretary. But without a school of its own, it paid tuition to send its students to Blairstown Township. They'll continue to go there next school year, when the neighboring district takes control through a state order."
  4. ^ School Profile, North Warren Regional High School, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 19, 2007. Accessed March 15, 2011. "North Warren Regional is a public secondary school district, serving students in grades 7-12 in the townships of Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick, and Knowlton. The district covers 96.8 square miles (251 km2) bordering the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in scenic Warren County."
  5. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  6. ^ Data for the Blairstown Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 15, 2011.
  7. ^ Administration, Blairstown Township School District. Accessed March 15, 2011.
  8. ^ 2010 User Friendly Budget, Blairstown Township School District, March 19, 2010. Accessed March 15, 2011.

External links

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