Neptune Township Schools
| Neptune Township Schools | |||||
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| Superintendent: | David Mooij | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Peter Leonard | ||||
| Address: | 3301B Route 66 Neptune, NJ 07753 | ||||
| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 8 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 4,583 (as of 2009-10)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 358 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 12.80:1 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | CD | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.neptune.k12.nj.us | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending | Rank (*) | K-12 Average | %± vs. Average |
| 1 | Budgetary Cost | 13,741 | 68 | 13,632 | 0.8% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 7,799 | 54 | 8,035 | -2.9% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,893 | 52 | 2,166 | -12.6% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,285 | 39 | 1,379 | -6.8% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 2,334 | 98 | 1,674 | 39.4% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 53,710 | 26 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105 | |||||
The Neptune Township Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Neptune Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 Abbott districts statewide,[3] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[4][5]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's eight schools had an enrollment of 4,583 students and 358 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.80:1.[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.[6]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:
- Pre-school
- Early Childhood Center (Pre-K; 240 students)
- Elementary Schools (PreK-5)
- Gables School (386)
- Green Grove School (419)
- Midtown Community School (456)
- Shark River Hills School (435)
- Summerfield School (414)
- Middle School (6-8)
- Neptune Middle School (837)
- High School (9-12)
- Neptune High School (1,287)
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[8][9]
- David A. Mooij, Superintendent of Schools
- Peter J. Leonard, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for the Neptune Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 30, 2012.
- ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ↑ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archiveas of May 15, 2009. Accessed August 15, 2012.
- ↑ What are SDA Districts?, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed August 15, 2012. "SDA Districts are 31 special-needs school districts throughout New Jersey. They were formerly known as Abbott Districts, based on the Abbott v. Burke case in which the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts.... The districts were renamed after the elimination of the Abbott designation through passage of the state’s new School Funding Formula in January 2008."
- ↑ SDA Districts, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed August 15, 2012.
- ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ↑ Data for the Neptune Township Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 30, 2012.
- ↑ Staff Directory, Neptune Township School District. Accessed July 25, 2008.
- ↑ Monmouth County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
External links
- Neptune Township Schools
- Neptune Township Schools's 2010–11 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Neptune Township Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°13′41″N 74°04′06″W / 40.228164°N 74.06833°W
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