Franklin Township School District (Hunterdon County, New Jersey)

Franklin Township School District
Type and location
Grades K-8
Address 226 Quakertown Road
Quakertown, NJ 08868
District information
Superintendent Dr. Carol A. Fredericks
Business administrator Carol Delsandro
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 297 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 22.6 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.14:1
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website http://www.ftschool.org/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-8
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$23,61561$18,89125.0%
1Budgetary Cost16,1274514,15913.9%
2Classroom Instruction10,641578,65922.9%
6Support Services1,956222,167-9.7%
8Administrative Cost1,844571,54719.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,686291,6124.6%
16Median Teacher Salary71,8637061,136
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 Franklin Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Franklin Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 297 students and 22.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.14:1.[1]

Franklin Township was one of two districts added to the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program in October 2011, opening up three seats in each grade, a total of 27 student seats, that parents from outside the district may apply to fill to fill starting in the 2012-13 school year.[3][4]

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.[5]

Students in ninth through twelfth grades attend North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, which also serves students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township. The school is part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, which also serves students from the communities of Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township at Voorhees High School.[6][7][8]

School

The Franklin Township School served an enrollment of 297 students as of the 2011-12 school year.[9]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Franklin Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Staff. "Christie Administration expands educational choice by offering 3,126 interdistrict choice seats in 71 school districts Deadline for parents to submit a letter of intent to apply for 2012-13 school year is November 1", New Jersey Department of Education, October 24, 2011. Accessed October 24, 2011.
  4. ↑ Elsinboro Township School, Interdistrict Public School Choice Program. Accessed October 24, 2011.
  5. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ Voorhees High School 2013 Report Card Narratives, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 19, 2015. "Voorhees High School has consistently ranked among the top high schools in New Jersey. With an enrollment of 1,097 students in grades 9-12, the school serves the communities of Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, and Tewksbury Township."
  7. ↑ Public School Directory 2014-2015, p. 55. Hunterdon County Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  8. ↑ About the District, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed December 7, 2014. "Our district consists of 12 municipalities: North Hunterdon High School educates students from: Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough, Union Township; Voorhees High School educates students from: Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township"
  9. ↑ School Data for the Franklin Township School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  10. ↑ District Administration, Franklin Township School. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Hunterdon County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.

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