Upper Township School District

Upper Township School District
Type and location
Grades K-8
Address 525 Perry Road
Petersburg, NJ 08270
District information
Superintendent Vincent J. Palmieri, Jr.
Business administrator Laurie Ryan
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,405 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 111.6 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 12.59:1
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website http://www.upperschools.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-8
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$17,11540$18,891-9.4%
1Budgetary Cost14,7485414,1594.2%
2Classroom Instruction8,847538,6592.2%
6Support Services2,138482,167-1.3%
8Administrative Cost1,717621,54711.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,947731,61220.8%
13Extracurricular Activities6519104-37.5%
16Median Teacher Salary61,0694361,136
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 Upper Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Upper Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. Students from Corbin City, a non-operating district, attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[3][4]

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,405 students and 111.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.59:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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 from Upper Township attend Ocean City High School in Ocean City as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Ocean City School District, along with students from Corbin City and Sea Isle City.[6] 70% of students in Ocean City High School are from Upper Township.

Schools

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

Elementary schools
Middle school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Upper Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed March 31, 2011.
  4. ↑ Higgins, Columb. "$35M Upper Township school budget includes large tuition increase to Ocean City", Upper Township Gazette, March 18, 2015. Accessed March 23, 2015. "The district also anticipates $736,825 in tuition revenue, mostly from the Corbin City School District, which sends its students to Upper Township grade schools."
  5. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 18, 2014.
  6. ↑ Ocean City High School 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 23, 2015. "Ocean City High School is a comprehensive high school serving the communities of Ocean City, Upper Township, Sea Isle City, and Corbin City, with an enrollment of over 1,250 students. "
  7. ↑ School Data for the Upper Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 18, 2014.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Upper Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 18, 2014.
  9. ↑ Upper Township Primary School, Upper Township School District. Accessed December 18, 2014.
  10. ↑ Upper Township Elementary School, Upper Township School District. Accessed December 18, 2014.
  11. ↑ Upper Township Middle School, Upper Township School District. Accessed December 18, 2014.
  12. ↑ Upper Township School District Administration, Upper Township School District. Accessed December 18, 2014.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Cape May County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 18, 2014.

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