Somerset Hills Regional School District

Somerset Hills Regional School District
Superintendent: Peter Miller
Business Administrator: Nancy Lee Hunter
Address: 25 Olcott Ave
Bernardsville, NJ 07924
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 3
Enrollment: 2,132 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 168.4
Student–teacher ratio: 12.7
District Factor Group: I
Web site: http://www.shsd.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $14,300 61 $13,632 4.9%
2 Classroom Instruction 8,351 59 8,035 3.9%
6 Support Services 2,151 57 2,166 -0.7%
8 Administrative Cost 1,483 45 1,379 7.5%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,796 58 1,674 7.3%
13 Extracurricular Activities 513 63 258 98.8%
16 Median Teacher Salary 64,493 62 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,801-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=70

The Somerset Hills Regional School District is a comprehensive regional K–12 public school district serving students from four communities in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students from the boroughs of Bernardsville, Far Hills and Peapack-Gladstone, along with students from the township of Bedminster (grades 9–12) who attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[3]

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 2,132 students and 168.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.7.[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.[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 district's administration are:[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Somerset Hills Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 21, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed March 21, 2011.
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2009.
  5. ^ Data for the Somerset Hills School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 21, 2011.
  6. ^ a b Bedwell Elementary School Administration, Somerset Hills School District. Accessed March 21, 2011.
  7. ^ a b Bernardsville Middle School Administration, Somerset Hills School District. Accessed March 21, 2011.
  8. ^ a b c Bernards High School Administration, Somerset Hills School District. Accessed March 21, 2011.
  9. ^ Directory, Somerset Hills School District. Accessed March 21, 2011.
  10. ^ Somerset County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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