Branchburg Township School District

Branchburg Township School District
Superintendent: Dr. Carol R. Conger (interim)
Business Administrator: Katherine P. Attwood
Address: 240 Baird Road
Branchburg, NJ 08876
Grade Range: K-8
School facilities: 4
Enrollment: 1,897 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 133.0
Student–teacher ratio: 14.3
District Factor Group: I
Web site: http://www.branchburg.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $13,683 74 $12,420 10.2%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,909 62 7,588 4.2%
6 Support Services 2,422 85 1,771 36.8%
8 Administrative Cost 1,656 81 1,411 17.4%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,386 40 1,462 -5.2%
13 Extracurricular Activities 139 75 97 43.3%
16 Median Teacher Salary 53,720 37 54,453
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 751+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=88

The Branchburg Township School District is a community public school district serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Branchburg Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,897 students and 133.0 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 "I", the second 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.[3]

The public secondary school serving Branchburg is Somerville High School, which students attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Somerville Public Schools.[4]

Contents

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:

Elementary schools
Middle school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[6]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Branchburg Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2009.
  4. ^ Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed August 20, 2008.
  5. ^ Data for the Branchburg Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 5, 2009.
  6. ^ Somerset County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  7. ^ Office of the Superintendent, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed December 5, 2009.
  8. ^ Business Office, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed December 5, 2009.

External links

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9-12
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