Newton Public School District

Newton Public School District
57 Trinity Street
Newton, NJ 07860
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Dr. G. Kennedy Greene
Business administrator Donna Snyder
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,532 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 127.0 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 12.06:1
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website http://www.newtonnj.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$18,92231$18,8910.2%
1Budgetary Cost15,1683514,7832.6%
2Classroom Instruction8,846358,7630.9%
6Support Services2,028252,392-15.2%
8Administrative Cost1,963441,48532.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,623281,783-9.0%
13Extracurricular Activities67246268150.7%
16Median Teacher Salary64,6513564,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

The Newton Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Newton, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. The district's enrollment includes high school students from Andover Borough and Andover and Green townships, who attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships.[3]

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,532 students and 127.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.06:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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.[4] Despite its District Factor Group, Newton has been considered the top school district in Sussex County, registering the highest test scores in the county.[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2010-11 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7][8]

Image School Grades Students Administrator Notes
- Merriam Avenue School K-5 499
  • Kevin Stanton, Principal
  • Steve Sandor, Assistant Principal
 [9]
Halsted Street Middle School 6-8 238
  • Jeff Waldron, Principal
  • Kristi Greene, Assistant Principal
 [10]
- Newton High School 9-12 800
  • James E. Tasker, Principal
  • Kurt Walton, Assistant Principal
  • Kurt Weaver, Assistant Principal
 [11]

Administration

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

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Newton School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Newton High School 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 19, 2015. "Newton High School serves students from Andover Township, Andover Borough, and Green Township as well as historic Newton."
  4. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  5. ↑ Home Page, Newton High School. Accessed April 3, 2011.
  6. ↑ School Data for the Newton Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  7. ↑ Schools, Newton Public School District. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Newton Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  9. ↑ Merriam Avenue School, Newton Public School District. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  10. ↑ Halsted Street Middle School, Newton Public School District. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  11. ↑ Newton High School, Newton Public School District. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  12. ↑ Newton School District Administrative Team, Newton School District. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 18, 2014.

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Coordinates: 41°03′26″N 74°44′56″W / 41.057229°N 74.748882°W / 41.057229; -74.748882

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