Alpha School District

Alpha School District
Type and location
Grades K-8
Address 817 North Boulevard
Alpha, NJ 08865
District information
Superintendent Dr. Greg McGann
Business administrator Timothy Mantz
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 273 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 25.6 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 10.66:1
Other information
District Factor Group B
Website http://www.apsedu.org/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-8
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$15,4794$18,891-18.1%
1Budgetary Cost14,5322914,1592.6%
2Classroom Instruction9,554448,65910.3%
6Support Services2,188252,1671.0%
8Administrative Cost1,544261,547-0.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,21181,612-24.9%
13Extracurricular Activities3612104-65.4%
16Median Teacher Salary53,4221561,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

The Alpha School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Alpha, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 273 students and 25.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.66:1.[1]

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

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg, which serves students from Alpha as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Phillipsburg School District. The high school also serves students from four other sending communities: Bloomsbury (in Hunterdon County), Greenwich Township, Lopatcong Township and Pohatcong Township.[4][5][6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:

Administration

Core members of the districts' administration are:[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Alpha School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ Phillipsburg High School 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015. "Sending districts to Phillipsburg High School include Lopatcong Township, Pohatcong Township, Greenwich Township, Bloomsbury, and Alpha."
  5. ↑ Central Student Registration Information, Phillipsburg School District. Accessed September 15, 2014. "Sending District Students: Students that reside in Alpha, Bloomsbury, Greenwich, Lopatcong, and Pohatcong send students in grades 9 - 12 to Phillipsburg High School."
  6. ↑ 2013 Official Directory, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed September 15, 2014.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Alpha School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 15, 2014.
  8. ↑ Board Members, Alpha School District. Accessed September 15, 2014.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Warren County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 15, 2014.

External links

Coordinates: 40°39′51″N 75°09′51″W / 40.664144°N 75.164305°W