Pohatcong Township School District

Pohatcong Township School District
Superintendent: Diane Mandry
Business Administrator: Timothy Mantz
Address: 240 Route 519
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
Grade Range: K-8
School facilities: 1
Enrollment: 358 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 29.4
Student–teacher ratio: 12.2
District Factor Group: DE
Web site: District web site
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $12,813 24 $12,420 3.2%
2 Classroom Instruction 8,211 32 7,588 8.2%
6 Support Services 1,482 17 1,771 -16.3%
8 Administrative Cost 1,596 30 1,411 13.1%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,495 28 1,462 2.3%
13 Extracurricular Activities 29 9 97 -70.1%
16 Median Teacher Salary 51,426 30 54,453
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 0-400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

The Pohatcong Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in prekindergarten through eighth grade from Pohatcong Township, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.

Students in grade 9 - 12 attend Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg, which serves students from the Town of Phillipsburg as part of the Phillipsburg School District. The high school also serves students from five sending communities: Alpha, Bloomsbury (in Hunterdon County), Greenwich Township, Lopatcong Township and Pohatcong Township.[3]

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 358 students and 29.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2.[1]

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

Contents

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:

Administration

Core members of the districts' administration are:[6]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Pohatcong Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 23, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ OUR VISION: "Quality teaching and learning...by design", Phillipsburg School District. Accessed March 16, 2011. "The district serves students from the Town of Phillipsburg and five sending communities at the secondary level: Alpha, Bloomsbury, Greenwich, Lopatcong and Pohatcong Townships."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  5. ^ Data for the Pohatcong Township Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 23, 2011.
  6. ^ Administration, Pohatcong Township School District. Accessed February 23, 2011.

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