Pohatcong Township School District

Pohatcong Township School District
Type and location
Grades K-8
Address 240 Route 519
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
District information
Superintendent Diane Mandry
Business administrator Tim Mantz
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 356 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 25.6 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.91:1
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website http://www.pohatcong.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-8
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$17,60624$18,891-6.8%
1Budgetary Cost14,1182514,159-0.3%
2Classroom Instruction9,033338,6594.3%
6Support Services1,866192,167-13.9%
8Administrative Cost1,487221,547-3.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,698301,6125.3%
13Extracurricular Activities3311104-68.3%
16Median Teacher Salary57,6353461,136
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 Pohatcong Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Pohatcong Township, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 356 students and 25.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.91:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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 ninth through twelfth grades attend Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg, which serves students from the Town of Phillipsburg as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Phillipsburg School District. The high school also serves students from four other sending communities: Alpha, Bloomsbury (in Hunterdon County), Greenwich Township and Lopatcong Township.[4][5][6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8]

Administration

Core members of the districts' administration are:[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Pohatcong Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 8, 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 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ Phillipsburg High School 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014. "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 December 8, 2014. "Students that reside in Alpha, Bloomsbury, Greenwich, Lopatcong, and Pohatcong send students in Grades 9-12 to Phillipsburg High School."
  6. ↑ Municipal Guide to Public School Districts, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Pohatcong Township Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Pohatcong Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Administration, Pohatcong Township School District. Accessed March 23, 2015.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Warren County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 23, 2015.

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