Jefferson Township Public Schools

Jefferson Township Public Schools
Superintendent: Dr. Kathaleen Fuchs
Business Administrator: Dora E. Zeno
Address: 28 Bowling Green Parkway
Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 8
Enrollment: 3,610 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 273.7
Student–teacher ratio: 13.2
District Factor Group: GH
Web site: http://www.jefftwp.org/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $12,422 39 $13,632 -8.9%
2 Classroom Instruction 6,970 17 8,035 -13.3%
6 Support Services 1,922 56 2,166 -11.3%
8 Administrative Cost 1,501 82 1,379 8.8%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,719 72 1,674 2.7%
16 Median Teacher Salary 50,340 7 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105

The Jefferson Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Jefferson Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's eight schools had an enrollment of 3,610 students and 273.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third 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]

Contents

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:

Elementary Schools
Middle School
High School

Administration

Core members of the district's administration include:[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Jefferson Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 24, 2011.
  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 October 27, 2009.
  4. ^ Data for the Jefferson Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 24, 2011.
  5. ^ Staff. "The Thumbs Tell It", Aim Jefferson, March 18, 2011. Accessed March 24, 2011. "Thumbs Down to Mr. Feldman and the BOE's justification of spending money to renovate Drummond School. We were all willing to make the sacrifice of cramming the kindergarten kids in to Briggs to save almost $100K/year in rent to house the BOE in office space. However, to even attempt to justify spending this money in renovations is absolutely ridiculous!"
  6. ^ Central Office Directory, Jefferson Township Public Schools. Accessed March 24, 2011.
  7. ^ Morris County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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