Mine Hill School District

Mine Hill School District
Superintendent: Dr. Ernest Palestis
Business Administrator: Katine Slunt
Address: Canfield Avenue
Mine Hill, NJ 07803
Grade Range: K-6
School facilities: 1
Enrollment: 364 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 29.3
Student–teacher ratio: 12.4
District Factor Group: FG
Web site: http://www.minehillsch.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-6
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $11,490 18 $12,195 -5.8%
2 Classroom Instruction 6,532 12 7,366 -11.3%
6 Support Services 1,579 22 1,832 -13.8%
8 Administrative Cost 1,448 20 1,389 4.2%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,624 40 1,472 10.3%
13 Extracurricular Activities 22 13 40 -45.0%
16 Median Teacher Salary 50,130 20 52,691
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=62

The Mine Hill School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade from Mine Hill Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's one schools had an enrollment of 364 students and 29.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4.[1]

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program.[3] Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.[4]

For grades 7-12, public school students attend the Dover School District in Dover as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[5]

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.[6]

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Awards and recognition

During the 1991-92 school year, Canfield Avenue School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[7]

School

Canfield Avenue School had an enrollment of 364 students during the 2007-08 school year.[8]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10]

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