Fredon Township School District

Fredon Township School
Type and location
Grades K-6
Address 459 Route 94
Newton, NJ 07860
District information
Superintendent Wayne Lynn (interim)
Business administrator Donna Mosner
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 326 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 26.5 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 12.30:1
Other information
District Factor Group GH
Website http://www.fredon.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-6
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$17,20326$18,891-8.9%
1Budgetary Cost14,2013013,6494.0%
2Classroom Instruction7,827128,366-6.4%
6Support Services2,653432,16122.8%
8Administrative Cost1,984571,46735.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,545291,552-0.5%
13Extracurricular Activities1694139333.3%
16Median Teacher Salary52,0071157,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

Fredon Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through sixth grade from Fredon Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 326 students and 26.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.30:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.[3]

Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades attend Kittatinny Regional High School, which also serves students who reside in Hampton Township, Sandyston Township, Stillwater Township and Walpack Township.[4] The high school is located in Hampton, about seven minutes outside of the county seat of Newton.

In the wake of protests by parents about the exposure of students to electromagnetic fields and threats by the district to close the school, PSE&G agreed in 2011 to contribute $950,000 towards a construction project that would relocate a playground situated near high voltage lines that pass by the school.[5]

Awards and recognition

Fredon School was awarded the National Blue Ribbon Award for Academic Excellence in November 2001, the highest level of recognition granted to an American school.[6]

Schools

Fredon Township School had an enrollment of 326 students as of the 2011-12 school year.[1]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 District information for Fredon 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. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ Kittatiny Regional School District 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 19, 2015. "Located in beautiful, rural Sussex County in northwest New Jersey, Kittatinny Regional School District serves the five municipalities of Fredon Township, Hampton Township, Sandyston Township, Stillwater Township and the Township of Walpack. The District is comprised of 125 square miles and has a school population of approximately 1200 students."
  5. ↑ Moszczynski, Joe. "Sussex County school plans to move playground from high-voltage lines", The Star-Ledger, January 30, 2011. Accessed December 7, 2014. "After nearly a year’s delay, construction is expected to start this spring to reconfigure the grounds at the Fredon School in an effort to keep students away from high-voltage power lines."
  6. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Accessed March 23, 2011.
  7. ↑ About the Board of Education, Fredon Township School. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.

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