Long Hill Township School System

Long Hill Township School System
Type and location
Grades K-8
Address 759 Valley Road
Gillette, NJ 07933
District information
Superintendent Dr. Rene Rovtar
Business administrator John F. Esposito
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 924 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 70.2 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.16:1
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website http://www.longhill.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-8
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$20,36579$18,8917.8%
1Budgetary Cost15,9587814,15912.7%
2Classroom Instruction8,946588,6593.3%
6Support Services3,236822,16749.3%
8Administrative Cost1,740641,54712.5%
10Operations & Maintenance2,025781,61225.6%
13Extracurricular Activities124104-88.5%
16Median Teacher Salary65,9886961,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Long Hill Township School System is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade in Long Hill Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 924 students and 70.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.16:1.[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.[3]

Long Hill Township's high school students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren Township. Students from Long Hill Township and from the neighboring communities of Green Brook Township, Warren Township and Watchung (in Somerset County) attend the school.[4][5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7]

Elementary schools
Middle school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][12]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Long Hill Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 19, 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 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed September 19, 2014.
  5. ↑ Mathews, Eleanor. "Sending district governing bodies honor Watchung Hills Regional High School for national ranking", Independent Press, August 27, 2011. Accessed September 19, 2014. "Watchung Hills Regional High School, which serves 2085 students in a district comprising Warren, Green Brook and Long Hill Townships and Watchung Borough, was ranked 154th nationally and 12th in New Jersey out of 1100 'best public schools in the United States for 2011' by Newsweek Magazine."
  6. ↑ School Data for the Long Hill Township School System, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 19, 2014.
  7. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Long Hill Township School System, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 19, 2014.
  8. ↑ Gillette School, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed September 19, 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 District Directory, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed September 19, 2014.
  10. ↑ Millington School, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed September 19, 2014.
  11. ↑ Central Middle School, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed September 19, 2014.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 19, 2014.
  13. ↑ Superintendent of Schools, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed September 19, 2014.
  14. ↑ Business Office, Long Hill Township School System. Accessed September 19, 2014.

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