Hopewell Township School District

Hopewell Township School District
Superintendent: Dr. Terry Van Zoeren
Business Administrator: Sharon Archer
Address: 122 Sewall Road
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Grade Range: K-8
School facilities: 1
Enrollment: 572 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 33.0
Student–teacher ratio: 17.3
District Factor Group: CD
Web site: http://www.hopewellcrest.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $10,126 7 $12,420 -18.5%
2 Classroom Instruction 6,771 11 7,588 -10.8%
6 Support Services 1,212 7 1,771 -31.6%
8 Administrative Cost 976 1 1,411 -30.8%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,136 13 1,462 -22.3%
13 Extracurricular Activities 32 4 97 -67.0%
16 Median Teacher Salary 66,647 60 54,453
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Hopewell Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Hopewell Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.

The Shiloh School was closed after the end of the 2006-07 school year, and all students from Shiloh are being sent to the Hopewell Crest School as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[3]

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 572 students and 33.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.3.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth 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.[4]

Public school students in grades 9-12 attend Cumberland Regional High School, which serves students from Deerfield Township, Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Shiloh Borough, Stow Creek Township and Upper Deerfield Township.[5] The school is located in Upper Deerfield Township and is part of the Cumberland Regional High School District.

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School

Hopewell Crest School had an enrollment of 572 students as of the 2007-08 school year.[6]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Hopewell 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. ^ Walsh, Daniel. "Shiloh School to close for good", Press of Atlantic City, November 30, 2006. Accessed June 8, 2008. "Shiloh's school board voted to send all of the borough's students to Hopewell Township next year as part of a one-year interlocal agreement."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  5. ^ History of CRHS, Cumberland Regional High School. Accessed June 7, 2008. "The Cumberland Regional High School is carved out of the northwest section of Cumberland County, New Jersey. Seven municipalities whose boundaries are the same as the school districts in them, are served by the school. Districts include (1) Deerfield Township, (2) Fairfield Township, (3) Greenwich Township, (4) Hopewell Township, (5) Shiloh Borough, (6) Stow Creek Township, and (7) Upper Deerfield Township."
  6. ^ Data for the Hopewell Crest School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2009.
  7. ^ Board of Education, Hopewell Township Board of Education. Accessed June 8, 2008.
  8. ^ Cumberland County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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